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

  • ὁ δὲ Ἀθηναῖοσ Μνησίθεοσ ἐν τῷ περὶ ἐδεστῶν τῶν μειζόνων φησὶν ἰχθύων γένοσ ὑφ’ ὧν μὲν καλεῖσθαι τμητόν, ὑπ’ ἄλλων δὲ πελάγιον, οἱο͂ν χρυσόφρυσ καὶ γλαύκουσ καὶ φάγρουσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 541)
  • ναὶ μὴν οὐκ ἀκλεὲσ θνητοῖσ γένοσ ὀξυρρύγχου, ὃν καὶ ὅλον καὶ τμητὸν ἅλεσ τρηχεῖσ ἐκόμισσαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 84 1:1)
  • ὁ πρῶτοσ εὑρὼν πολυτελὲσ τμητὸν μέγα γλαύκου πρόσωπον τοῦ τ’ ἀμύμονοσ δέμασ θύννου τὰ τ’ ἄλλα βρώματ’ ἐξ ὑγρᾶσ ἁλὸσ Νηρεὺσ κατοικεῖ τόνδε πάντα τὸν τόπον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 464)
  • τὰ δ’ ὡσ τὸ θερμαντικὸν πρὸσ τὸ θερμαντὸν καὶ τὸ τμητικὸν πρὸσ τὸ τμητόν, καὶ ὅλωσ τὸ ποιητικὸν πρὸσ τὸ παθητικόν· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 5 173:2)

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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