The corpus record

ἐκδέρω

ekdero

strip off the skin from

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Where it lives

Michaeas 2 · 8.78/10k
Euthydemus 2 · 1.61/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
Leviticus 1 · 0.53/10k
Paralipomenon II 1 · 0.51/10k
Histories 4 · 0.22/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἐκδέρω · ekderō — LSJ

strip off the skin from

strip off the skin from one, κριὸν Hdt. 2.42, cf. 7.26 (Pass.) ; βῶν Dialex. 2.11 ; also δῶκε δέ μʼ ἐκδείρας ἀσκὸν βοός Od. 10.19 ; βύρσαν ἐ. E. El. 824.

II cudgel soundly, ‘hide’

cudgel soundly, ‘hide’, Ar. V. 450, Pl. R. 616a, Hyp. Fr. 200, PSI 4.403 (ii B.C.) :— Pass., Macho ap. Ath. 13.580b (Pass.).

In the wild

ἐξέδειρʼ · exedeirʼ Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 339)
ἐκδαρῆναι · ekdarēnai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 8.2 (DIORISIS sentence 7455)
ἐκδέρεσθαι · ekderesthai Epictetus, Discourses 2.20 (DIORISIS sentence 3243)
ἐξέδειρεν · exedeiren Euripides, Electra *)/aggelos (DIORISIS sentence 526)
ἐκδείραντα · ekdeiranta Herodotus, Histories 2.42.4 (DIORISIS sentence 1844)
ἐκδείραντες · ekdeirantes Herodotus, Histories 4.64.4 (DIORISIS sentence 4468)

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