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A cut off ἀκρωτήρια, of ships, τὰς πρῴρας ἠκρωτηρίασαν cut the beaks off the prows, Hdt.3.59:—so in Med., τὰς τριήρεις ἀκρωτηριασάμενος X.HG6.2.36:—Pass., Ath.12.535d. 2 of persons, cut off hands and feet, mutilate, Plb.5.54.10, etc.; ῥῖνα, πρόσωπον, Clearch. 8, Plu.Alc.18; χεῖρας σὺν αὐτοῖς τοῖς βραχίοσιν D.S.34.8; ὄργανον, of circumcision, Ph.2.211; μηδὲν ἀκρωτηριάσῃς ἐνθάδε, Inscr. on statue, CIG6855:—so in Med., μέλη LXX 4 Ma.18.20: inetaph., ἠκρωτηριασμένοι τὰς πατρίδας D.18.296; ἀ. τὴν ἀρετήν τινος Max.Tyr. 5.8. 3 Medic., amputate, Heliod. ap. Orib.45.14.4. 4 metaph., mutilate, maim, τῇ συγκοπῇ τὸ μέγεθος Longin.39.4; πρᾶγμα POxy.237 vi 7 (ii A. D.); θείαν φύσιν Heraclit.All.26. II intr., form a promontory, jut out like one, Plb.4.43.2, Str.2.1.40.