1. to cut out , (Iliad by Homer); ὀϊστὸν ἐκτάμνειν μηροῦ to cut an arrow from the thigh, (Iliad by Homer)

2. to cut trees out of a wood, cut down , (Iliad by Homer); of planks, to hew out, hew into shape , ὃς νήϊον ἐκτάμνῃσιν (epic for -τέμνῃ); (Iliad by Homer)

3. to cut away, sever , (Pindar)

4. to castrate , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)