The corpus record

λῑμο-κτονέω

limoktoneo

treat by hunger, diet severely, starve

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Where it lives

Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

λῑμο-κτονέω · limo-ktoneō — LSJ

treat by hunger, diet severely, starve, to be severely dieted, to be starved to death

treat by hunger, diet severely, starve, Hp. Acut.(Sp.) 56, Pl. R. 589a, LXX Pr. 10.3:— Pass., to be severely dieted, Hp. Mul. 1.12; to be starved to death, Str. 11.11.3, Procop. Arc. 25.

In the wild

λιμοκτονεῖν · limoktonein Plato, Republic 9.589 (DIORISIS sentence 5769)
λιμοκτονήσει · limoktonēsei Septuaginta, Proverbia 10 (DIORISIS sentence 124)

Where it came from

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