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) first-singular present indicative

  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, pages 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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