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ἐκνευρ-ίζω

ekneurizo

cut the sinews

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Where it lives

Third Olynthiac 1 · 4.25/10k

What it meant

ἐκνευρ-ίζω · ekneur-izō — LSJ

cut the sinews, broken down, enfeebled, exhausted

cut the sinews, Plu. Virt.mor. 2.451d; ἐκνενευρισμένοι broken down, enfeebled, D. 3.31; ἡ πόλις ἐκνενεύρισται Plu. Amat. 2.755c, cf. Ph. 1.258, al.; ἐκνευρισθεῖσα χώρα exhausted soil, Id. 2.434.

In the wild

ἐκνενευρισμένοι · ekneneurismenoi Demosthenes, Third Olynthiac 31 (DIORISIS sentence 112)

Where it came from

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