λαιμοτομέω
From LSJ
Εὐφήμει, ὦ ἄνθρωπε· ἁσμενέστατα μέντοι αὐτὸ ἀπέφυγον, ὥσπερ λυττῶντά τινα καὶ ἄγριον δεσπότην ἀποδράς → Hush, man, most gladly have I escaped this thing you talk of, as if I had run away from a raging and savage beast of a master
English (LSJ)
A cut the throat of, μῆλα A.R.2.840; τινα Str.7.2.3, Plu.Oth.2: abs., A.R.4.1601:— Pass., have one's head cut off, S.E.M.1.264.
German (Pape)
[Seite 7] die Kehle abschneiden, μῆλα, abkehlen, Ap. Rh. 2, 840; ἑαυτόν, sich den Hals abschneiden, Plut. Oth. 2; pass. λαιμοτομηθείσης τῆς Γοργόνος, S. Emp. adv. gramm. 264.
