Tomi

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Tomi grece incisio divisio.


Apparatus:

incisio AC e | cisio B | om. f


Translation:

Tomi is Greek for Latin incisio {"incision"}, divisio {"separation, partition"}.


Commentary:

τομή /tomḗ/ < τέμνω /témnō/ "to cut", means "cutting, cleaving".

In the itacist pronunciation of Greek η > ι {/ē/ > /i/} resulting in /tomí/.


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