cut the throat of, have oneʼs head cut off
cut the throat of, μῆλα A.R. 2.840; τινα Str. 7.2.3, Plu. Oth. 2: abs., A.R. 4.1601:— Pass., have oneʼs head cut off, S.E. M. 1.264.
The corpus record
λαιμο-τομέω
laimotomeo
cut the throat of
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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