The corpus record

διατέμνω

diatemno

cut through, cut in twain, dissever

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Where it lives

De Interpretatione 4 · 6.43/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
De Respiratione 1 · 1.65/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
Phaedo 1 · 0.46/10k
Histories 5 · 0.27/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

διατέμνω · diatemnō — LSJ

cut through, cut in twain, dissever, cleaving, part, disunite

cut through, cut in twain, dissever, διὰ δὲ γλῶσσαν τάμε μέσσην Il. 17.618, cf. 522 (tm.), Hdt. 2.139; διὰ κάρα τεμών S. Fr. 799.6; διὰ κῦμα τεμών cleaving the wave, ib. 271.5 (anap.); διχῇ γαῖαν δ. part it asunder, A. Supp. 545 (lyr.); δίχα δ. Pl. Smp. 190d; τι ἀπό τινος Id. Plt. 280b: metaph., disunite, διατετμηκότα τὴν πολιτείαν Aeschin. 3.207.

2 cut up

cut up, Hdt. 2.41.

In the wild

διατέμνουσα · diatemnousa Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 538–546
διατμηθῆναι · diatmēthēnai Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 86)
διατμηθήσεται · diatmēthēsetai Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 86)
διατμηθῆναι · diatmēthēnai Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 86)
διατμηθῆναι · diatmēthēnai Aristotle, De Interpretatione (DIORISIS sentence 86)
διατεμνόμενα · diatemnomena Aristotle, De Respiratione (DIORISIS sentence 29)

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