ἀκροτομέω
From LSJ
ἀναγκαίως δ' ἔχει βίον θερίζειν ὥστε κάρπιμον στάχυν, καὶ τὸν μὲν εἶναι, τὸν δὲ μή → But it is our inevitable lot to harvest life like a fruitful crop, for one of us to live, one not. (Euripides, Hypsipyle fr. 60.94ff.)
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.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀκροτομέω: τέμνω τὰς κορυφάς, ἐπὶ θερισμοῦ, Ξεν. Οἰκ. 18. 2.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
1 couper par le bout ou la surface;
2 décapiter.
Étymologie: ἀκρότομος.
