ἐκθηριόω
From LSJ
δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies
English (LSJ)
A make savage, τινάς Ph.Fr.98 H. ; ἑαυτόν Longus 1.20:— Pass., become quite wild or savage, Ph.1.430, Iamb.Protr.5 ; also, assume animal shape, E.Ba.1331.
German (Pape)
[Seite 760] zum wilden Thiere, wild machen; Eur. Bacch. 1332; Long. Past. 1, 20.