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ἐκτέμνω

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Gloss: to cut off

Transliteration: ektemnō

Strong’s: G7151

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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