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ἀποθερίζω

ἀποθερίζω, to cut off

ἀποθερίζω, poet. aor. ἀπέθρῐσα (also in late Prose, Porph. Abst. 2.10):—
  • cut off, ἶνας μεδέων ἀπέθρισεν Archil. 138; ἄκρας ὡς ἀπέθρισεν κόμας E. Or. 128, cf. Hel. 1188, AP 6.107 (Phil.), etc.; καυλόν Dsc. 3.70; of persons, μνηστῆρας Nonn. D. 48.96; regul. form -θέρισα in Ael. NA 1.5, Apollod. 1.9.22; ἀπεθέρισα τοὺς προφήτας σου LXX Ho. 6.6(5):—Med., aor. ἀπεθρισάμην AP 5.236 (Agath.); ἀποθρίξασθαι, of the tonsure of monks, Procop. Arc. 1, al., perhaps from a mistaken etymology, cf. ἀποθρίξαντες τὴν χαίτην Ael. ap. Ar.Byz. Epit. 149.13.

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