κατατέμνω (katatemno)

Where it lives

Osee 1 · 2.65/10k
Ways and Means 1 · 2.62/10k
Knights 2 · 2.25/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Peace 1 · 1.26/10k
Hippias Major 1 · 1.18/10k
Birds 1 · 0.94/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k
Histories 8 · 0.44/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k

Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατατέμνω · katatemnō — LSJ

cut in pieces, cut up, lacerate, cut, is cut up

cut in pieces, cut up, κρέα Hdt. l.c., cf. Ar. Pax 1059; ἑαυτόν X. Mem. 1.2.55; τὴν κεφαλήν Aeschin. 3.212; γέρρα X. An. 4.7.26:—Med., κ. δέραν ὄνυχι lacerate, E. El. 146 (lyr., tm.):—Pass., τελαμῶσι κατατετμημένοις with regularly cut bandages, Hdt. 2.86; σπλάγχνα κατατετμημένα Ar. Av. 1524; χώρη ἐς διώρυχας -τέτμηται is cut up into ditches or canals, Hdt. 1.193, cf. 2.8; κατετέτμηντο ἐξ αὐτῶν (sc. τῶν διωρύχων) τάφροι ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν X. An. 2.4.13.

b

metaph., τι ἐν τοῖς λόγοις κ. Pl. Hp.Ma. 301b.

2 cut, having cut, up, may I be cut up

c. dupl. acc., κ. τινὰ καττύματα cut him up into strips, Ar. Ach. 301; σῶμα κατατεμὼν κύβους having cut it up into cubes, Alex. 187.4; τὴν βατίδα τεμάχη κατατεμών Ephipp. 22; ὅτι σμικρότατα τὸ σῶμα Pl. R. 610b; κ. (sc. τὰν γᾶν) μερίδας τέτορας Tab.Heracl. l.c.: —Pass., κατατμηθείην λέπαδνα may I be cut up into straps, Ar. Eq. 768.

3 lay, out, has its, cut

κ. τὸν Πειραιᾶ lay it out in streets, Arist. Pol. 1267b23:— Pass., τὸ ἄστυ κατατέτμηται τὰς ὁδοὺς ἰθέας has its streets cut straight, Hdt. 1.180.

4 cut into, places where mines have already been worked

cut into the ground, κ. τοῦ χωρίου βάθος τρεῖς πόδας IG 2(2).1668.7; τὰ κατατετμημένα places where mines have already been worked, opp. τὰ ἄτμητα, X. Vect. 4.27.

5 cut down, pare

cut down, pare, [τὸ δέρμα] ὁμαλῶς Hp. Fract. 11.

6 abuse, revile

abuse, revile, Pl. R. 488b, Hyp. Ath. 12.

In the wild

κατατεμῶ · katatemō Aristophanes, Acharnians 1.300 (DIORISIS sentence 224)
κατατετμημένα · katatetmēmena Aristophanes, Birds 1.1520 (DIORISIS sentence 1121)
κατατμηθείην · katatmētheiēn Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 559)
κατατμηθεὶς · katatmētheis Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 560)
κατάτεμνε · katatemne Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 738)
κατέτεμεν · katetemen Aristotle, Politics 1267b (DIORISIS sentence 586)

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