περιτέμνω
Infl. ionic -τάμνω
Infl. fut. -τεμῶ
Infl. perf. -τέτμηκα
Infl. aor2 -έτεμον
I. "to cut or clip round about", Lat. circumcidere, οἰνὰς περιταμνέμεν "to prune" them, Hes.; τὴν κεφαλὴν π. κύκλῳ περὶ τὰ ὦτα Hdt.:—Mid., περιτάμνεσθαι βραχίονας "to make incisions all round" one's arms, id=Hdt.
2. of circumcision, id=Hdt.: and in Mid., περιτάμνονται τὰ αἰδοῖα "they practise circumcision", id=Hdt.
3. "to cut off" the extremities, τὰ ὦτα καὶ τὴν ῥῖνα id=Hdt.:—Pass., περιτάμνεσθαι γῆν "to be curtailed of" certain land, id=Hdt.
II. "to cut off and hem in all round, cut off", Lat. intercipere; hence in Mid., βοῦς περιταμνόμενος "cutting off" cattle "for oneself, "lifting"" cattle, Od.:—Pass. "to be cut off, intercepted", Xen.