διχότομος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐ́χᾰ (dĭ́khă, “apart”) +‎ τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.kʰó.to.mos/ → /ðiˈxo.to.mos/ → /ðiˈxo.to.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.kʰó.to.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /diˈkʰo.to.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈxo.to.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðiˈxo.to.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈxo.to.mos/

Adjective

δῐχότομος • (dĭkhótomos) m or f (neuter δῐχότομον); second declension

1. cut in half, equally divided

Inflection

Second declension of δῐχότομος; δῐχότομον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δῐχότομος dĭkhótomos	δῐχότομον dĭkhótomon		δῐχοτόμω dĭkhotómō	δῐχοτόμω dĭkhotómō		δῐχότομοι dĭkhótomoi	δῐχότομᾰ dĭkhótomă
Genitive		δῐχοτόμου dĭkhotómou	δῐχοτόμου dĭkhotómou		δῐχοτόμοιν dĭkhotómoin	δῐχοτόμοιν dĭkhotómoin		δῐχοτόμων dĭkhotómōn	δῐχοτόμων dĭkhotómōn
Dative		δῐχοτόμῳ dĭkhotómōi	δῐχοτόμῳ dĭkhotómōi		δῐχοτόμοιν dĭkhotómoin	δῐχοτόμοιν dĭkhotómoin		δῐχοτόμοις dĭkhotómois	δῐχοτόμοις dĭkhotómois
Accusative		δῐχότομον dĭkhótomon	δῐχότομον dĭkhótomon		δῐχοτόμω dĭkhotómō	δῐχοτόμω dĭkhotómō		δῐχοτόμους dĭkhotómous	δῐχότομᾰ dĭkhótomă
Vocative		δῐχότομε dĭkhótome	δῐχότομον dĭkhótomon		δῐχοτόμω dĭkhotómō	δῐχοτόμω dĭkhotómō		δῐχότομοι dĭkhótomoi	δῐχότομᾰ dĭkhótomă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		δῐχοτόμως dĭkhotómōs			δῐχοτομώτερος dĭkhotomṓteros			δῐχοτομώτᾰτος dĭkhotomṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Translingual: Dichotomaria

References

• “διχοτόμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διχότομος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διχότομος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• διχότομος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette