διχοτομώ

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek διχοτομῶ (dikhotomô), from Ancient Greek διχοτομοῦμαι (dikhotomoûmai).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ði.xo.toˈmo/
  • Hyphenation: δι‧χο‧το‧μώ

Verb

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διχοτομώ (dichotomó) (past διχοτόμησα, passive διχοτομούμαι, ppp διχοτομημένος)

  1. (geometry) to bisect (to divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts)
  2. (figuratively) to divide in two, to partition (e.g. a country or region)

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ διχοτομώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language