ἀποτομία

ἀποτομία — apotomía

ἀποτομία, ἀποτομιας, ἡ (the nature of that which is ἀπότομος, cut off, abrupt, precipitous like a cliff, rough; from ἀποτέμνω), properly, sharpness (differing from ἀποτομή a cutting off, a segment); severity, roughness, rigor: Rom 11:22 (where opposed to χρηστότης, as in Plutarch, de book educ. c. 18 to πραότης, in Dionysius Halicarnassus 8, 61 to τό ἐπιεικές, and in Diodorus, p. 591 (except 83 (fragment 50:32, 27, 3 Dindorf)) to ἡμερότης).