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δῐχο-τόμος

dichotomos

cutting in two

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What it meant

δῐχο-τόμος · dicho-tomos — LSJ

cutting in two

cutting in two, Ammon.p.44V.: but,

II cut in half, divided equally, half, the second quarter, the first and third quarters

proparox., διχότομος, ον, cut in half, divided equally, μυκτήρ Arist. HA 492b17; δ. σελήνη the half-moon, Id. Pr. 911b36, Aristarch.Sam. Hyp. 3, Gem. 9.8, prob. in Plu. Fac.lun. 2.929f; σελήνης σύμβολον τὸ δ. Porph. ap. Eus. PE 3.11; μέχρι διχοτόμου till the second quarter, Antyll. ap. Orib. 9.3.2; κατʼ ἀμφοτέρας τὰς διχοτόμους (sc. φάσεις) at the first and third quarters, Ptol. Alm. 5.1.

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