Τέμνειν
to cut
Translated by Catharine Roth8 Dec 2013Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] to persuade, to honor, to consider.1
*te/mnein and u(pote/mnein ["to cut underneath"] are different: for te/mnein is to make a vertical cut, but u(pote/mnein [is to make] an oblique [cut], so that [the result] appears thick. For the unevenness of the cut effects the appearance of thickness: this is what tanners do.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Τέμνειν· πείθειν, τιμᾶν, ἡγεῖσθαι. Τέμνειν καὶ ὑποτέμνειν διαφέρει· τέμνειν μὲν γάρ ἐστι τὸ ὀρθὴν ποιεῖσθαι τὴν τομήν, ὑποτέμνειν δὲ τὸ λοξώδη, ἵνα παχέα φαίνηται. τὸ γὰρ ἀνώμαλον τῆς τομῆς παχύτητος δόξαν ἐργάζεται· ὅπερ ποιοῦσιν οἱ βυρσοδέψαι.
Betacode
*te/mnein: pei/qein, tima=n, h(gei=sqai. *te/mnein kai\ u(pote/mnein diafe/rei: te/mnein me\n ga/r e)sti to\ o)rqh\n poiei=sqai th\n tomh/n, u(pote/mnein de\ to\ locw/dh, i(/na paxe/a fai/nhtai. to\ ga\r a)nw/malon th=s tomh=s paxu/thtos do/can e)rga/zetai: o(/per poiou=sin oi( bursode/yai.
Notes (2)
- 1Likewise in the Synagoge (tau89) and Photius' Lexicon (tau145 Theodoridis); similarly in Hesychius (tau461) and a scholion on Plato, Epistles 8.353E, which has the sentence
tou/twn dh\ xrh\ pa/sh| proqumi/a| pa/ntas tou\s *(/ellhnas te/mnein fa/rmakon "Against this [sc. the Greek language dying out in Sicily] all the Greeks must with all zeal cut a drug [i.e. provide a remedy]." See also tau 301. ↩ - 2From a scholion on Aristophanes, Knights 291; cf. upsilon 609. ↩
Linked from4 entries
- σ1767Σχάσανταhaving slit open[Meaning] having cut. "They were saying that, having slit open the veins from his arms, he gave up his soul and died." Thus [sc. writes] Arrian.
- τ300ΤέμνωI cutThe [verb that means] I chop. [Used] with an accusative.
- τ301Τέμνουσι φάρμακονthey chop a drug[Meaning] they honor, they consider [effective]. Thus Hierocles and others [use the expression].
- τ720Τμώμενοςbeing severed[Meaning] being cut off.
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Revision history4 revisions · last 27 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- another keyword — Catharine Roth
- more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth