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ἀποδέρω

ἀποδέρω, to flay

ἀποδέρω, Ion. ἀποδείρω (also in Ar. V. 1286):—
  • flay, skin completely, τὸν βοῦν Hdt. 2.40, cf. 2.42, 4.60; ἀ. τὴν κεφαλήν scalp, 4.64:—Pass., πρόβατα ἀποδαρέντα X. An. 3.5.9; become excoriated, Philum. ap. Orib. 45.29.61.
      • 2 flay by flogging, fetch the skin off oneʼs back, Ar. Lys. 739.
      • 3 sens. obsc., ib. 953;
      • 4 Medic., separate by avulsion, Gal. 2.896.
    • II strip off, ἀ. πᾶσαν ἀνθρωπηΐην (sc. δορήν) Hdt. 5.25.

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