ἐκτραχηλίζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Att. fut. <b class="b3">-ιῶ</b>, prop. of a horse, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[throw the rider over its]] [[head]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.8</span>, Plu.2.58f: generally, [[break]] a person's [[neck]], <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Lys.</span>705</span>; [[overturn]], τὰ ὄρη <span class="title">Tab.Defix.Aud.</span>271.26 (Hadrumetum, iii A.D.); κλίμακας <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>85.38</span>:—Pass., [[break one's neck]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1501</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>70</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Merc.Cond.</span>42</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[ruin]], [[pervert]], <span class="bibl">D.9.51</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Rh.Pr.</span>10</span>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Abst.</span>1.42</span>; εἰς ὑπερηφανίαν <span class="bibl">Mich.<span class="title">in EN</span>523.20</span>:—Pass., εἰς ἀτόπους πράξεις <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Fr.</span>102</span> H. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[cause to lose control of one's language]], ἐ. τινὰς αἱ τραγψδίαι <span class="bibl">Hermog. <span class="title">Id.</span>1.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[behead]], Gloss.</span>