τέμνω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

    For earlier τάμνω (támnō), with ε from aorist ἔτεμον (étemon), from Proto-Indo-European *tm̥-né-h₁-ti, *tm̥-n-h₁-énti, nasal-infixed present (the present tense system includes a N progressive aspect marker) from *temh₁- (to cut).[1]

    Cognate with Latin temnō, tondeō, and possibly tempus, templum.

    Pronunciation

     

    Verb

    τέμνω • (témnō)

    1. to cut, hew
    2. to maim, wound
    3. to butcher, sacrifice
    4. to cut down, reap
    5. to cut through, advance, drive through, plow through

    Conjugation

    Derived terms

    • ἀμφιτέμνω (amphitémnō)
    • ἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
    • ἀντιτέμνω (antitémnō)
    • ἀποπροτέμνω (apoprotémnō)
    • ἀποτέμνω (apotémnō)
    • διατέμνω (diatémnō)
    • διεκτέμνω (diektémnō)
    • ἐγκατατέμνω (enkatatémnō)
    • ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō)
    • ἐναποτέμνω (enapotémnō)
    • ἐντέμνω (entémnō)
    • ἐπανατέμνω (epanatémnō)
    • ἐπικατατέμνω (epikatatémnō)
    • ἐπισυντέμνω (episuntémnō)
    • ἐπιτέμνω (epitémnō)
    • κατατέμνω (katatémnō)
    • παρατέμνω (paratémnō)
    • περιτέμνω (peritémnō)
    • προανατέμνω (proanatémnō)
    • προαποτέμνω (proapotémnō)
    • προδιατέμνω (prodiatémnō)
    • προεκτέμνω (proektémnō)
    • προσανατέμνω (prosanatémnō)
    • προσεπιτέμνω (prosepitémnō)
    • προστέμνω (prostémnō)
    • προτέμνω (protémnō)
    • προϋποτέμνω (proüpotémnō)
    • συναποτέμνω (sunapotémnō)
    • συνεκτέμνω (sunektémnō)
    • συνεπιτέμνω (sunepitémnō)
    • συντέμνω (suntémnō)
    • ταμίας (tamías)
    • τμῆμᾰ (tmêmă)
    • τμῆσις (tmêsis)
    • τομή (tomḗ)
    • τόμος (tómos)
    • ὑποτέμνω (hupotémnō)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “τέμνω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume II, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1465

    Further reading

    • τέμνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • τέμνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • τέμνω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
    • τέμνω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
    • τέμνω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
    • Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN

    Greek

    Verb

    τέμνω • (témno)

    1. to cut, cut off
    2. (geometry) to meet or pass through

    Derived terms

    Further reading