Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μεσότομος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μεσότομος μεσότομη μεσότομον

Structure: μεσοτομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/mnw

Sense

  1. cut through the middle

Examples

  • ἐὰν δὲ ὑψηλὸσ ᾖ, νομίζω ὀρθῶσ ἂν ποιεῖν μεσοτομῶν, ἵνα μήτε οἱ ἁλοῶντεσ μοχθῶσι περιττὸν πόνον μήτε οἱ λικμῶντεσ ὧν οὐδὲν προσδέονται. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 18 3:3)

Synonyms

  1. cut through the middle

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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