καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θώρακα → just as a snake sheds its old skin
eunūcho: āre, v. a. eunuchus,I to make a eunuch of, to unman: se, Varr. ap. Non. 106, 8.
eunūchō, āre, tr., rendre eunuque : Varro Men. 235.
