ἀποσποδέω
From LSJ
Πάντα ταῦτα ἐπείρασα ἐν τῇ σοφίᾳ: εἶπα Σοφισθήσομαι, καὶ αὐτὴ ἐμακρύνθη ἀπ' ἐμοῦ· κτλ. (Εcclesiastes 7:23f., LXX version) → I tried to give proof in wisdom of all those things; I said, I will be wise, but that wisdom was far from me ...
English (LSJ)
A wear quite off, τοὺς ὄνυχας walk one's toes off, Ar. Av.8:—Pass., = ἀπερρίφθαι, ἀποθανεῖν, Hsch. II ἀπεσποδηκότων· φλεγομένων ἐν τῇ τέφρᾳ, Id. (-ικώτων cod.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποσποδέω: ἀφανίζω, καταστρέφω τι ἐκ τῆς πολλῆς χρήσεως, ἀποσποδῆσαι τοὺς ὄνυχας τῶν δακτύλων, ν᾿ ἀφανίσω τοὺς ὄνυχας τῶν δακτύλων μου, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 8.
