Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

τομός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: τομός τομή τομόν

Structure: τομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: te/mnw의 분사형

Sense

  1. cutting, cut sharpest

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • ὦ ἄνθρωποι οἱ λέγοντεσ αὖ ἀγαθὰ ἀνιαρὰ εἶναι, ἆρα οὐ τὰ τοιάδε λέγετε, οἱο͂ν τά τε γυμνάσια καὶ τὰσ στρατείασ καὶ τὰσ ὑπὸ τῶν ἰατρῶν θεραπείασ τὰσ διὰ καύσεών τε καὶ τομῶν καὶ φαρμακειῶν καὶ λιμοκτονιῶν γιγνομένασ, ὅτι ταῦτα ἀγαθὰ μέν ἐστιν, ἀνιαρὰ δέ; (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 372:4)
  • Φασὶ δὲ καὶ σηπτικῶν φαρμάκων καὶ τομῶν καὶ καύσεων ἐπί τινοσ ἕλκουσ αὐτῷ προσενεχθέντων, ἀλλὰ μηδὲ τὰσ ὀφρῦσ συναγαγεῖν. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, Q, Kef. ia'. PURRWN 7:1)
  • Εἂν εὐθεῖα γραμμὴ τμηθῇ εἰσ ἴσα καὶ ἄνισα, τὸ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνίσων τῆσ ὅλησ τμημάτων περιεχόμενον ὀρθογώνιον μετὰ τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆσ μεταξὺ τῶν τομῶν τετραγώνου ἴσον ἐστὶ τῷ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἡμισείασ τετραγώνῳ. (Euclid, Elements, book 2, type Prop75)
  • Εἂν ἄρα εὐθεῖα γραμμὴ τμηθῇ εἰσ ἴσα καὶ ἄνισα, τὸ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνίσων τῆσ ὅλησ τμημάτων περιεχόμενον ὀρθογώνιον μετὰ τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆσ μεταξὺ τῶν τομῶν τετραγώνου ἴσον ἐστὶ τῷ ἀπὸ τῆσ ἡμισείασ τετραγώνῳ· (Euclid, Elements, book 2, type Prop92)
  • Εἂν εὐθεῖα γραμμὴ τμηθῇ εἰσ ἴσα καὶ ἄνισα, τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνίσων τῆσ ὅλησ τμημάτων τετράγωνα διπλάσιά ἐστι τοῦ τε ἀπὸ τῆσ ἡμισείασ καὶ τοῦ ἀπὸ τῆσ μεταξὺ τῶν τομῶν τετραγώνου. (Euclid, Elements, book 2, type Prop165)

Derived

  • ἄτομος (uncut, indivisible, not capable of being cut/divided into smaller pieces)

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

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