ἔκτομος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō, cut out) + -ος (-os)

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ἔκτομος • (éktomos) m or f (neuter ἔκτομον); second declension

  1. chiselled, cloven
    φιάλη τις, Ἰασσίδος ἔκτομος ἄκρης
    phiálē tis, Iassídos éktomos ákrēs
    a certain fountain, chiselled from the Iasian peaks
  2. castrated
  3. pertaining to eunuchs
  4. (substantive)
    (botany) black hellebore, white hellebore

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