σύντεμνε

συντέμνω

cut down: pres imperat act 2nd sg

συντέμνω

cut down: imperf ind act 3rd sg (homeric ionic)

συντέμνω, [dialect] Ion. [suff] συντελ-τάμνω Hdt.7.123: [tense] fut. - τεμῶ: [tense] aor. - έτεμον:—

A cut down, cut short,

ξ. τὰς πρῴρας ἐς ἔλασσον Th.7.36

; σ. χιτῶνας cut out, shape them, X.Cyr.8.2.5; συντέμνει δ' ὅρος ὑγρᾶς θαλάσσης the sea cuts short, terminates (my realm), A.Supp. 258; σ. τὰς πλεκτάνας cut them off, Alex.187, cf. 84.

2 metaph.,

εἰς ἓν.. πάντα τὰ μέλη ξυντεμῶ Ar.Ra. 1262

;

τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν σ. εἰς μῆν' ἕνα Philippid.25.1

; τιμὰς ξ. abridge them, A.Eu. 227;

πόνους E.Rh. 450

:—[voice] Med.,

πάντα τοι ξυντέμνεται Κύπρις.. βουλεύματα S.Fr.941.16

.

3 esp. of expenses,

σ. τὴν μισθοφοράν Th.8.45

; σ. τὰς δαπάνας εἰς τὰ καθ' ἡμέραν cut down one's expenses to one's daily wants, X.Hier.4.9:—[voice] Pass., εἰ.. ἐς εὐτέλειάν τι ξυντέτμηται (v.

εὐτέλεια 11

) Th.8.86; συντμηθῆναι τὴν σύνταξιν that my allowance has been cut down, PCair.Zen.577.11 (iii B.C.).

4 of persons, cut them off,

συντέμνουσι γὰρ θεῶν.. τοὺς κακόφρονας Βλάβαι S.Ant. 1103

.

5 divide logically, Pl.Sph. 227d, Plt. 261a.

II of speech,

ἐν βραχεῖ πολλοὺς λόγους Ar. Th. 178

, cf. Aeschin.2.31;

σύντεμνέ μοι τὰς ἀποκρίσεις καὶ βραχυτέρας ποίει Pl.Prt. 334d

: then ( λόγον being omitted), cut the matter short, speak briefly,

ὡς δὲ συντέμω E.Tr. 441

;

ἅπαντα συντεμὼν φράσω Id.Hec. 1180

; σύντεμνε cut short, make an end, Mnesim.3.4;

οἶνον εἰπὲ συντεμών Antiph.52.12

; συντεμόντι, like συνελόντι εἰπεῖν, in brief, Anaxil.22.30: also ς. (sc. τὴν ὁδόν) cut the way short, cut across,

σ. ἀπ' Ἀμπέλου ἄκρης ἐπὶ Καναστραῖον ἄκρην Hdt.7.123

.

III intr., τοῦ χρόνου συντάμνοντος as the time became short, Id.5.41.

IV hew out,

καινὴν.. καὶ ἐρήμην ἀνοδίαν Porph.Chr.1

.

V cut together, join by an incision,

ἵνα συντμηθῇ πάντα καὶ γένηται μία ἕλκωσις Heliod.

ap. Orib.44.23.69.

συντέμνω pf. συντέτμηκα. Pass.: aor. 3 pl. συνετμήθησαν Da 9:24 Theod.; pf. 3 sg. συντέτμηται Da 5:27; ptc. συντετμημένος to put a limit to someth., freq. w. implication of abruptness, cut short, shorten, limit (Aeschyl., Thu. et al.; PCairZen 577, 11 [II B.C.]; LXX) of time (Philippides [Com. Att. III 308 Kock] 25 [IV/III B.C.] ὁ τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν συντεμὼν εἰς μῆνʼ ἕνα; Da 5:26–28 LXX; 9:24 Theod.; Jos., Ant. 1, 152) τοὺς καιρούς B 4:3. A passage not only of uncertain interpretation, but fraught w. textual difficulties as well, is λόγον συντελῶν καὶ συντέμνων ποιήσει ὁ κύριος Ro 9:28 (Is 10:22b–23; these two compounds of συν-are also combined in Da 5:26–28 LXX; sim. Da 9:24 Theod.) the Lord will act by accomplishing (συντελέω 2) his word and by shortening or cutting off; in this case the shortening is thought of as referring either to God’s promise to Israel, which will be fulfilled only to a limited degree (RLipsius, BWeiss), or to the Israelite nation, which is to enter into salvation trimmed and cut down, as a (vs. 27) ‘remnant’ (Jülicher, Sickenberger). Others take it to mean: The Lord will act by closing the account and shortening (the time), i.e. God will not prolong indefinitely the period of divine patience (Zahn; sim. also Hofmann and Althaus; cp. the NRSV ‘the Lord will execute his sentence … quickly and decisively’—Mnesimachus [Com. Att. II 436 Kock] 3, 4 [IV B.C.] σύντεμνε=‘make it short, come to the point’; Musonius p. 87, 6 ἵνα συντεμὼν εἴπω=‘in short’; Psellus p. 232, 31 συντεμὼν τὸν λόγον=I will speak concisely; Philostrat., Vi. Apollon. 7, 14 p. 268, 16 λόγους ξυντεμεῖν πάντας=‘bring the speech to a sudden close’. S. CClassen, WienerStud 107/108, ’94/95, 330f on qu. of rhetorical aspect.).—M-M.