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ἐκτομ-ή

ektome · ἡ

cutting out, excision

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Where it lives

Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k

What it meant

ἐκτομ-ή · ektom-ē — LSJ

cutting out, excision, cutting off

cutting out, excision, Plu. Alc. 16 (pl.): metaph., ἡδονῶν, λόγου, Ph. 1.450, 170; cutting off, καρπῶν Porph. ap. Eus. PE 3.11.

2 castration

castration, Hdt. 3.48, 49, Pl. Smp. 195c (pl.), etc.

b circumcision

circumcision of women, Str. 16.2.37.

II segment, sod

segment, Plu. Num. 13; ἐ. γῆς sod, Id. Pomp. 41 (pl.).

2 cutting

cutting, κρημνώδης Id. Flam. 3.

3 excision

excision in woodwork, Ph. Bel. 64.27 (pl.).

In the wild

ἐκτομαὶ · ektomai Plato, Symposium 195 (DIORISIS sentence 399)

Where it came from

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