1. to cut out , (Iliad by Homer); ὀϊστὸν ἐκτάμνειν μηροῦ to cut an arrow from the thigh, (Iliad by Homer) 2. to cut trees out of a wood, cut down , (Iliad by Homer); of planks, to hew out, hew into shape , ὃς νήϊον ἐκτάμνῃσιν (epic for -τέμνῃ); (Iliad by Homer) 3. to cut away, sever , (Pindar) 4. to castrate , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)
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G7151 — ἐκτέμνω
ektemnō · to cut off · Greek