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ἐκτομή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκτομή ἐκτομῆς

Structure: ἐκτομ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: e)ktemei=n

Sense

  1. a cutting out, castration

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐκτομή ἐκτομᾱ́ ἐκτομαί
Genitive ἐκτομῆς ἐκτομαῖν ἐκτομῶν
Dative ἐκτομῇ ἐκτομαῖν ἐκτομαῖς
Accusative ἐκτομήν ἐκτομᾱ́ ἐκτομᾱ́ς
Vocative ἐκτομή ἐκτομᾱ́ ἐκτομαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "ἐπ’ ἐκτομῇ παρ’ Ἀλυάττην ἔπεμπε · (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 22 2:4)
  • ὅθεν ὀργισθεὶσ ἔπεμψε τοὺσ παῖδασ αὐτῶν πρὸσ Ἀλυάττην ἐπ’ ἐκτομῇ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , 2:2)
  • Κερκυραίων γὰρ παῖδασ τριηκοσίουσ ἀνδρῶν τῶν πρώτων Περίανδροσ ὁ Κυψέλου ἐσ Σάρδισ ἀπέπεμψε παρὰ Ἀλυάττεα ἐπ’ ἐκτομῇ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 48 3:1)
  • ἀπέπεμπε δὲ ἐσ Σάρδισ ἐπ’ ἐκτομῇ Περίανδροσ τῶν πρώτων Κερκυραίων ἐπιλέξασ τοὺσ παῖδασ τιμωρεύμενοσ· (Herodotus, The Histories, book 3, chapter 49 4:1)

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