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τομαῖος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: tomaios

Principal Part: τομαῖος τομαῖη τομαῖον

Structure: τομαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: τομή

Sense

  1. cut, cut off
  2. cut in pieces, cut or shredded ready for use

Examples

  • τούτων ἄκη τομαῖα καὶ λυτήρια πράξας ἀμέμπτως Ἆπις Ἀργείᾳ χθονὶ μνήμην ποτ ἀντίμισθον ηὑρ´ετ ἐν λιταῖς. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode 4:3)
  • ὁρῶ τομαῖον τόνδε βόστρυχον τάφῳ. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 7:5)
  • πέμπει τ ἔπειτα τάσδε κηδείους χοάς, ἄκος τομαῖον ἐλπίσασα πημάτων. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 1:25)

Synonyms

  1. cut

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

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