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ἀκρωτηρι-άζω

akroteriazo

cut off ἀκρωτήρια

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ἀκρωτηρι-άζω · akrōtēri-azō — LSJ

cut off ἀκρωτήρια, cut the beaks off

cut off ἀκρωτήρια, of ships, τὰς πρῴρας ἠκρωτηρίασαν cut the beaks off the prows, Hdt. 3.59:—so in Med., τὰς τριήρεις ἀκρωτηριασάμενος X. HG 6.2.36:—Pass., Ath. 12.535d.

2 cut off hands and feet, mutilate

of persons, cut off hands and feet, mutilate, Plb. 5.54.10, etc.; ῥῖνα, πρόσωπον, Clearch. 8, Plu. Alc. 18; χεῖρας σὺν αὐτοῖς τοῖς βραχίοσιν D.S. 34.8; ὄργανον, of circumcision, Ph. 2.211; μηδὲν ἀκρωτηριάσῃς ἐνθάδε, Inscr. on statue, CIG 6855:—so in Med., μέλη LXX 4 Ma. 18.20: inetaph., ἠκρωτηριασμένοι τὰς πατρίδας D. 18.296; ἀ. τὴν ἀρετήν τινος Max.Tyr. 5.8.

3 amputate

Medic., amputate, Heliod. ap. Orib. 45.14.4.

4 mutilate, maim

metaph., mutilate, maim, τῇ συγκοπῇ τὸ μέγεθος Longin. 39.4; πρᾶγμα POxy. 237 vi 7 (ii A. D.); θείαν φύσιν Heraclit. All. 26.

II form a promontory, jut out like one

intr., form a promontory, jut out like one, Plb. 4.43.2, Str. 2.1.40.

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