ἀκροτομέω
From LSJ
τοῖς οἰκείοις συκοφαντίαν δέδωκεν → has given to his friends an opportunity for chicane, has offered to his friends the right of vindictive prosecution
English (LSJ)
A lop off corn by the ear, X.Oec.18.2, cf. PLond.2.163.21 (i A. D.); saw off at end σφῆνας Ph.Bel.67.21:—Pass., -τομηθεὶς τράχηλον Man.4.51: metaph., τῶν εὐγενεστάτων ἀνδρῶν ἀ. τὴν πατρίδα J.BJ2.10.1.
German (Pape)
[Seite 85] oben abschneiden, Xen. O. 18, 2, im Ggstz von παρὰ γῆν τέμνειν; auch Sp.
