- to mutilate
STEPBible TBESG
1. to cut in pieces, cut up , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.: so in Mid. (Euripides):—; Pass. τελαμῶσι κατατετμημένοις with regularly cut bandages, (Herdotus Historicus); σπλάγχνα κατατετμημένα (Aristophanes Comicus)
2. κ. χώρην ἐς διώρυχας to cut it up into ditches or canals, (Herdotus Historicus); κατετέτμηντο τάφροι ἐπὶ τὴν χώραν (Xenophon Historicus)
3. with double accusative κ. τινὰ καττύματα to cut him into strips, (Aristophanes Comicus):—;Pass. κατατμηθείην λέπαδνα may I be cut up into straps, (Aristophanes Comicus)
4. κ. τὸν Πειραιᾶ to lay it out for building, (Aristotle Philosopher):—;Pass. ἡ πόλις κατατέτμηται τὰς ὁδοὺς ἰθείας has its streets cut straight, (Herdotus Historicus)
5. to cut into the ground, κατετέτμηντο τάφροι there were trenches cut , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)