μασχαλίζω

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ἀγωνίζεσθαι, ἐπιζητεῖν, εὑρίσκειν καί μή εἴκειν → to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield (Tennyson, Ulysses)  

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Full diacritics: μασχαλίζω Medium diacritics: μασχαλίζω Low diacritics: μασχαλίζω Capitals: ΜΑΣΧΑΛΙΖΩ
Transliteration A: maschalízō Transliteration B: maschalizō Transliteration C: maschalizo Beta Code: masxali/zw

English (LSJ)

   A put under the arm-pits: hence, mutilate a corpse, since murderers believed that by cutting off the extremities (nose, ears, etc.), stringing them together, and passing the string round the neck and under the arm-pits of the victim they would avert vengeance, A.Ch.439 (lyr., Pass.), S.El.445 (Pass.), cf. Ar.Byz. ap. Phot., Suid. s.v. μασχαλίσματα, EM118.29, *574.202, etc.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

μασχᾰλίζω: (μασχάλη) θέτω ὑπὸ τὰς μασχάλας· ἐντεῦθεν, ἀκρωτηριάζω πτῶμα, ἐπειδὴ οἱ δολοφόνοι ἐνόμιζον ὅτι ἐὰν ἀποκόψαντες τὰ ἄκρα τοῦ θύματός των ἐτοποθέτουν αὐτὰ ὑπὸ τὰς μασχάλας ἤθελον ἀποφύγει τὴν ἐκδίκησιν, Αἰσχύλ. Χο. 439, Σοφ. Ἠλ. 445, Ἀπολ. Ροδ. Δ. 447· καὶ ἴδε ἀκρωτηριάζω. ― Παρ’ Ἡσυχ. καὶ μασχαλίττω (ἀντίγραφ. -ήττω).

French (Bailly abrégé)

f. μασχαλίσω;
mutiler, propr. placer sous les aisselles d’un cadavre les tronçons de ses bras ou de ses jambes.
Étymologie: μασχάλη.