δενδροτομέω

English (LSJ)

   A cut down trees, πρὸς καῦσιν Str.14.6.5, cf. S.E.M. 5.69: but usu.,    2 lay waste a country, Th.1.108: metaph., δ. τὸ νῶτον Ar.Pax747.

German (Pape)

[Seite 546] = δενδροκοπέω, Thuc. 1, 108; χώραν D. Sic. 4, 48; komisch übertr. νῶτα Ar. Pax 731.