[tome] n [MF or L; MF, fr. L tomus, fr. Gk tomos section, roll of papyrus, tome, fr. temnein to cut; akin to MIr tamnaid he lops, Pol ciac to cut, and perh. to L tondere to shear] (1519) 1: a volume forming part of a larger work
2: book; esp: a large or scholarly book