τομεύς

A. one that cuts, a carver, Poll. 6.13, etc.; τ. σίδηρος Max. 277; πέλεκυς αὐχένος τ. Trag.Adesp. 412; divider, ὁ ἀόρατος τ., i. e. God, Ph. 1.498; as Adj., ὁ τ. λόγος ib.491.

2. shoemaker's knife, Pl. Alc. 1.129c; edge of a knife, X. Eq.Mag. 2.3.

3. forceps, gloss on τομεῖον, Gal. 19.146.

4. pl. τομεῖς,οἱ, cutting-teeth, incisors, Anon.Lond. 24.23, Cels. 8.1, Gal. 2.754, Poll. 2.91, Gp. 16.1.13, Simp. in Cael. 664.3.

II. Math., sector of a circle, Euc. 6.33, Hero *Deff. 34.

2. τ. στερεός sector of a sphere (intercepted by cone with vertex at centre), Archim. Sph. Sph.Cyl. 1 Def. 5; but τ. ἐν τῇ ἐπιφανείᾳ, i.e. surface included betw. two great circles and a circle cutting each at right angles, Papp. 268.1.