The corpus record

τμη-τικός

tmetikos

able to cut, cutting

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Where it lives

Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

τμη-τικός · tmē-tikos — LSJ

able to cut, cutting

able to cut, cutting, κίσηρις Thphr. Lap. 22; -ώτατος Pl. Ti. 56a, Sor. 1.80; τὸ τ. Arist. Metaph. 1020b29. Adv. -κῶς, gloss on τμήδην, Sch.D Il. 7.262.

2 cutting, piercing, biting, pungent

cutting, piercing, of cold, Thphr. CP 5.13.7; biting, pungent, of smell, μύρα Id. Od. 60(62); πνεῦμα δριμὺ καὶ τ. Plu. QConv. 2.697b.

b solvent

solvent, τὰ δριμέα . . ἐστὶν τ. καὶ λεπτυντικά Sor. 1.46, cf. Gal. 6.266 (Sup.), 11.41 (Comp.), al.; ῥάφανος τ. χυμῶν Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.42.

3 concise, trenchant

metaph., concise, trenchant, λόγος Hermog. Id. 2.1; τ. βραχυλογίᾳ D.H. Dem. 58. Adv. -κῶς, λέγεσθαι κατὰ τὸ μῆκος Hermog. l.c.

In the wild

τμητικὸν · tmētikon Aristotle, Metaphysics book 5 (DIORISIS sentence 1338)
τμητικώτατόν · tmētikōtaton Plato, Timaeus 56 (DIORISIS sentence 476)

Where it came from

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