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διατμήγω

diatmego

cut in twain

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δια-τμήγω · dia-tmēgō — LSJ

cut in twain, having cut, in twain, distinguish, parted, parted, were scattered abroad

cut in twain, ἔνθα διατμήξας . . then having cut [the Trojan host] in twain . ., Il. 21.3; νηχόμενος . . λαῖτμα διέτμαγον Od. 7.276, cf. 5.409; ὦλκα δ., of ploughing, Mosch. 2.81 (Med., ἀρούρας διατμήξασθαι A.R. 1.628); Ἀπόλλωνα ἠελίοιο χῶρι δ. distinguish him from the Sun, Call. Fr. 48:—Pass., διέτμαγεν (3 pl. aor. 2 for -τμάγησαν) ἐν φιλότητι they parted friends, Il. 7.302: abs., they parted, 1.531, Od. 13.439; also, they were scattered abroad, Il. 16.354.

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