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τμήγω

tmego

to cut, cleave, divide

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1. τμήγω · tmēgō — Beekes

τμήγω [ν.] ‘to cut, cleave, divide’ (Il, epic). «GR> VAR Aor. τμῆξαι, -ασθαι; Aeol. τμᾶξαι (Pi., Balb.), fut. τμήξω, them. aor. διέτμᾶγον [1sg.] (η 276), pass. (διεγτμάγεν [3pl.] (Hom.), Hell. and late τμηγῆναι. *COMP Also with prefix, especially dno-, δια-. τόκος 1491 *DER ἀπο-τμήξ, -ἣγος [adj.] ‘cut off, steep’ (σκοπιή, A. R. 2, 581; cf. ἀπορρώξ); also -τμηξις [f.] ‘cutting off (late), τμῆγος: ... βούτμημα … — [Beekes, s.v. τμήγω, p. 1541]

2. τμήγω · tmēgō — Frisk

τμήγω, Aor. τμῆξαι, -ασϑαι (80]. [Pi., Balb.] τμᾶξαι), Fut. τμήξω, Aor. 2. 1. 58. διέτμᾶγον (η 276), Pass. 3. pl. (διε)τμάγεν (Hom.), hell. u. sp. τμηγῆναι, auch m. Präfix, bes. ἀπο-, δια-, “zerschneiden, spalten, trennen’ (ep. seit Il.). Davon ἀπο-τμήξ, -Myos "abgerissen, steil’ (σκοπιή, A. R. 2, 581; vgl. ἀπορρώξ), -τμηξις f. "das Abschneiden’ (sp.), τμῆγος" -.. βούτμημα; unklar τμήγας" γατόμος, ἀροτήρ H. — … — [Frisk, s.v. τμήγω, p. 1879]

3. τμήγω · tmēgō — LSJ

cut, cleave, cut, cut their

Ep. collat. form of τέμνω, cut, cleave, σικύας, πυετίην, Nic. ll. cc.; κάλαμος [δάκτυλον] ἔτμαξεν prob. in Theoc. l.c.; cut, of a circle, Man. l.c.:—Med., ὁδὸν ἐτμήξαντο cut their way, AP 7. l.c.

2 to be divided, dispersed, part

metaph. in aor. 2 Pass., to be divided or dispersed, part, ἐπεὶ ἂρ τμάγεν Il. l.c.

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. τμήγω (scan pp. 1541-1542; entry #6097). Root candidates: *to-, *tu-.
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. τμήγω (scan p. 1879; entry #5692).

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