ἔκτμημα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκ- (ek-) +‎ τμῆμᾰ (tmêmă) or ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă).

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Noun

ἔκτμημᾰ • (éktmēmăn (genitive ἐκτμήμᾰτος); third declension

  1. section, segment, zone
    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 362b.5:
      τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον πρὸς τὸν κάτω πόλον ἕτεροι δύο κῶνοι τῆς γῆς ἐκτμήματα ποιοῦσι.
      tòn autòn dè trópon pròs tòn kátō pólon héteroi dúo kônoi tês gês ektmḗmata poioûsi.
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    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Meteorology 363a.29:
      δεῖ δὲ νοεῖν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἕτερον ἔκτμημα τὸ ὑφ’ ἡμῶν οἰκούμενον·
      deî dè noeîn autoû tò héteron éktmēma tò huph’ hēmôn oikoúmenon;
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    • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Gem. 16.5
    • 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, Fragments 26.27.6
    • 150 CE – 250 CE, Alexander of Aphrodisias, in Mete. 108.18

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