temevnio"
temevnio" , a, on , of or in the sacred precincts, Soph.
temenivth"
temenivth" »i<Eth>1/4, ou, oJ , = temevnio" : at Syracuse, Apollo of the Temenos, Thuc .: —fem ., hJ a[kra hJ Temeni`ti" the height on which was the Temenos of Apollo, Id.
tevmeno"
tevmeno" , eo", tov , ( tevmnw III . 2) a piece of land cut off, assigned as a domain to kings and chiefs, Hom.
II. a piece of land dedicated to a god, the sacred precincts, Id.: in it stood the temple, Hdt. :— metaph. , the sacred valley of the Nile is the tevm. Neivloio , Pind. ; the Acropolis is the iJero;n t . of Pallas, Ar.
tevmnw
tevmnw (Root TEM , cf. tevmw ), Ion. , Dor. and Ep. tavmnw : f. temw` , Ion. temevw : aor. 2 e[temon , Ion. and Dor. e[ta±mon , Ep. tavmon , Ep. inf. tamevein : pf. tevtmhka :— Med. , f. temou`mai : aor. 2 ejtamovmhn , inf. tamevsqai :— Pass. , f. tmhqhvsomai : aor. I ejtmhvqhn : pf. tevtmhmai :— to cut, hew, Hom. , etc. ; ojdovnta" oi{ou" tevmnein teeth fit for cutting, Xen.
2.
to cut, wound, maim,
Il.;
pro;" devrhn t
.
to wound
her in the neck,
Aesch.
3.
of a surgeon,
to cut,
Il.:
absol.
to use the knife,
as
opp. to
cautery (
kavein
),
Aesch.
,
Xen.
,
etc.
:—
Pass.
to be operated upon,
Plat.
II.
to cut up, cut to pieces,
Hom
.,
etc.
:—
to slaughter, sacrifice,
Il.,
Eur.
2.
o{rkia tavmnein
to sacrifice
in attestation of an oath, and so
to take solemn oaths,
Hom
.;
qavnatovn nuv toi o{rkiÆ e[tamnon
I made
a truce which was death to thee, Il.:—
Med.
, of two parties,
o{rkia tavmnesqai
Hdt
.:
—cf. Lat.
foedus ferire
.
3. favrmakon tevmnein to cut or chop up a plant for purposes of medicine or witchcraft, Aesch. , etc. ; a[ko" tevmnein to contrive a means or remedy, Eur.
4.
to divide,
of a river,
mevshn t. Libuvhn
to cut
it in twain,
Hdt.
;
divcat
.
to cut
in two,
bisect,
Plat.
III.
to cut asunder, cut off, sever,
kefalh;n ajpo; deirh`"
Il.,
etc.
; with double
acc.
,
ejrineo;n tavmne o[rphka"
cut
the branches
off
the fig-tree, Ib.; and in
Pass.
,
trivca" ejtmhvqhn
had
them
cut off,
Eur.
2.
to part off, mark off,
tevmeno"
Il.
IV.
to cut down, fell
trees, Ib.,
etc.
:—
Med.
,
dou`ra tavmnesqai
to fell oneself
timber, Od.,
Hdt.
2.
livqon t
.
to hew
stone,
Plat.
:
Med.
,
livqou" tavmnesqai
to have
them
wrought
or
hewn,
Hdt.
3.
to cut down
for purposes of destruction,
Eur.
,
etc.
;
t. th;n gh`n
to ravage
the country
by felling the trees
and
cutting the corn,
Hdt
.,
Thuc.
; with partit.
gen.
,
th`" gh`" t
.
to waste
part of it,
Thuc.
V.
to cut
or
hew into shape,
douvrata
Od.,
etc.
VI.
to cut lengthwise, to plough,
Solon.
2.
t. oJdovn
to cut
or
make
a road,
Thuc.
:—
Pass.
,
tevtmhntai kevleuqoi
Pind.
3.
also
to make
ones way,
advance,
t. oJdovn
Eur
.;
th;n mesovgaian t. th`" oJdou`
to take
the middle road,
strike through
the interior,
Hdt.
;
mevson tevmnein
to hold
a middle course,
Plat.
4.
of ships,
to cut through
the waves,
plough the sea,
Od.:—so of birds,
to cleave
the air,
Ar.
VII.
to bring to a decision,
Lat.
deciàdere
,
Pind
.,
Eur.
Tevmpea
Tevmpea , contr. Tevmph , tav , TempeŒ, the valley between Olympus and Ossa, through which the Peneius escapes into the sea, Hdt.