Ancient Greek edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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, tempus, templum.

Pronunciation edit

 

Verb edit

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 edit

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References edit

  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

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Verb edit

τέμνω (témno)

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

Further reading edit

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