4.4.1
Logeion
Perseus analyses of ἐξέταμον:
ἐκτέμνω (cut out): aor ind act 3rd pl
ἐκτέμνω (cut out): aor ind act 1st sg
LSJ entry
ἐκτέμνω
ἐκτέμνω
,
Ep.
and
Ion.
ἐκτάμνω
(as
always
in
Hom.
),
fut.
-
τεμῶ
:
aor.
2
ἐξέταμον
(v.
infr.)
or
-
έτεμον
S. Tr. 1196
,
Ar. Ra. 575
:
fut.
perf.
ἐκτετμήσομαι
Pl. R. 564c
,
Ph. 1.458
:—
Α.
cut
out,
μηροὺς
ἐξέταμον
Il. 1.460
,
etc.;
μηροῦ
ἔκταμʼ
ὀϊστόν
cut
an
arrow
from
the
thigh,
11.829
,
cf.
515
;
ἐ.
γλῶσσαν
Hdt. 9.112
;
ἐ.
τὸν
λάρυγγά
τινος
Ar. Ra. 575
;
of
a
surgeon,
cut
out
a
diseased
part,
Pl. R. 564c
(
Pass.
);
σχῆμα
τῆς
γῆς
Arist. Mete. 362a35
.
2.
cut
trees
out
of
a
wood,
cut
down,
Il. 12.149
,
S. Tr. 1196
;
also
of
planks,
etc.,
hew
out,
hew
into
shape,
ὅς
ῥά
τε
τέχνῃ
νήϊον
ἐκτάμνῃσιν
Il. 3.62
,
cf.
4.486
;
ἐ.
τὰ
πρέμνα
to
cut
the
stumps
out
of
the
ground,
Lys. 7.19
.
3.
ἐ.
ἶνας
cut
away
the
sinews,
and
so,
weaken,
Pi. I. 8(7).57
;
ἐ.
ὥσπερ
νεῦρα
ἐκ
τῆς
ψυχῆς
Pl. R. 411b
;
ῥόδον
ἐ.
ῥίζης
IG
14.2040 :
metaph.,
ἐλπίδας
ἐξέταμες
ib.
1362 ;
‘nip
in
the
bud’,
πάθος
Alex.Trall. 1.17
:—
Pass.
,
ἐκτέμνεσθαι
νοῦν
καὶ
λόγον
Ph. 1.17
.
II.
castrate,
παῖδας
Hdt. 6.32
,
8.105
;
ὄρχεις
ἐ.
S. Fr. 620
;
οἱ
ἐκτετμημένοι
eunuchs,
Arist. HA 518a31
;
ἐ.
τὰ
θήλεα
circumcise
females,
Str. 17.2.5
,
cf.
16.4.9
(
Pass.
).
III.
=
κείρειν,
γῆς
ἐκτεμνομένης
D.H. 9.57
(s.
v.l.).
IV.
ἐκτέμνεσθαί
τινας
φιλανθρωπίᾳ
to
disarm
and
deceive
by
kindness,
Plb. 30.30.8
.