Sunt verba voces quibus hunc lenire dolorem possis, magnam morbi deponere partem → Words will avail the wretched mind to ease and much abate the dismal black disease.
shear: P. and V. κείρειν, τέμνειν.
dock, shorten: P. and V. συντέμνειν, κολούειν.
clip ped short (of hair): V. ξυρήκης, διατετιλμένος (Soph., Fragment).
