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ἀκρο-τομέω

akrotomeo

lop off, by the ear, saw off at end

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ἀκρο-τομέω · akro-tomeō — LSJ

lop off, by the ear, saw off at end

lop off corn by the ear, X. Oec. 18.2, cf. PLond. 2.163.21 (i A. D.); saw off at end σφῆνας Ph. Bel. 67.21:—Pass., -τομηθεὶς τράχηλον Man. 4.51: metaph., τῶν εὐγενεστάτων ἀνδρῶν ἀ. τὴν πατρίδα J. BJ 2.10.1.

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