τμῆσις

εως, ἡ

τέμνω

A. cutting, Arist. de An. 412b28; τάφρων PHal. 1.107 (iii B. C.).
2. (τέμνω IV. 3) ravaging, γῆς Ἑλληνικῆς Pl. R. 470a.
3. logical division, Id. Plt. 276d.
II. = τμῆμα, section, Id. Smp. 190e.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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