τέμνω

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

For earlier τάμνω (támnō), with ε from aorist ἔτεμον (étemon), from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥-né-h₁-ti, *tm̥-n-h₁-énti, nasal-infixed present (the present tense system includes a N progressive aspect marker) from *temh₁- (to cut).

Cognate with Latin temnō, tondeō, tempus, templum.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

τέμνω (témnō)

  1. to cut, hew
  2. to maim, wound
  3. to butcher, sacrifice
  4. to cut down, reap
  5. to cut through, advance, drive through, plow through

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέμνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1465

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Verb

τέμνω (témno)

  1. to cut, cut off
  2. (geometry) to meet or pass through

Further reading

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