συντέμνω; perfect passive participle συντετμημενος; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down;

1. to cut to pieces (cf. σύν, II. 3).

2. to cut short; metaphorically, to despatch briefly, execute or finish quickly; to hasten (συντέμνειν namely, τήν ὁδόν, to take a short cut, go the shortest way, Herodotus 7, 123; namely, τόν λόγον, to speak briefly, Euripides, Tro. 441; τάς ἀποκρισεις, to abridge, sum up, Plato, Prot., p. 334 d.; ἐν βραχεῖ πολλούς λόγους, Aristophanes Thesm. 178): λόγον (which see I. 2 b. α.), to bring a prophecy or decree speedily to accomplishment, Rom 9:28; λόγος συντετμημενος, a short word, i. e. an expedited prophecy or decree, ibid. (R G Tr marginal reading in brackets) (both instances from the Sept. of Isa 10:23); cf. Fritzsche at the passage, vol. ii, p. 350.