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, 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 (tmêma)
  • 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

Further reading

Center for Greek Language

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