Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τμητός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τμητός τμητή τμητόν

Structure: τμητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/mnw

Sense

  1. cut, shaped by cutting
  2. that can be cut or severed

Examples

  • καὶ τότε δὴ βούλευον, ὅπωσ λασιαύχενα βύρσαν θηρὸσ τεθνειῶτοσ ἀπὸ μελέων ἐρυσαίμην, ἀργαλέον μάλα μόχθον, ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔσκε σιδήρῳ τμητὴ οὐδὲ λίθοισ πειρωμένῳ, οὐδὲ μὲν ἄλλῃ ἔνθά μοι ἀθανάτων τισ ἐπὶ φρεσὶ θῆκε νοῆσαι αὐτοῖσ δέρμα λέοντοσ ἀνασχίζειν ὀνύχεσσι. (Theocritus, Idylls, 113)

Synonyms

  1. cut

  2. that can be cut or severed

Derived

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

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