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καλῶς γέ μου τὸν υἱὸν ὦ Στιλβωνίδη εὑρὼν ἀπιόντ' ἀπὸ γυμνασίου λελουμένον οὐκ ἔκυσας, οὐ προσεῖπας, οὐ προσηγάγου, οὐκ ὠρχιπέδισας, ὢν ἐμοὶ πατρικὸς φίλος → Ah! Is this well done, Stilbonides? You met my son coming from the bath after the gymnasium and you neither spoke to him, nor kissed him, nor took him with you, nor ever once felt his balls. Would anyone call you an old friend of mine?
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A κερῶ Pl.R.471a, Ion. κερέω Il.23.146: aor. ἔκειρα Pi. P.9.37, E.Tr.1173, etc., Ep. ἔκερσα Il.13.546 (ἀπο-, in tmesi), A. Supp.666 (lyr.): pf. κέκαρκα Sammelb.6002 (ii B.C.), (περι-) Luc. Symp.32:—Med., fut. κεροῦμαι E. Tr.1183, (ἀπο-) Pl.Phd.89b: aor. ἐκειράμἡν Lys.2.60, etc., Ep. ἐκερσάμην Call.Fr.311, A.Pers.953 (lyr.): —Pass., aor. 1 part. κερθείς (v.l. καρθ-) Pi.P.4.82: aor. 2 ἐκάρην [ᾰ] PSI4.368.45 (iii B.C.), subj. κᾰρῇ Hdt.4.127, inf. κᾰρῆναι, part. καρείς, Luc.Sol.6, Plu.Lys.1: pf. inf. κεκάρθαι Hdt.2.36: Att. plpf. ἐκεκάρμην Luc.Lex.5. (Cf. Skt. kṛṇā´ti 'wound', Lat. caro: prob. also OE. scieran, Eng. shear.):—cut short, shear, clip, esp. of hair, σοί τε κόμην κερέειν (sc. Σπερχειῷ) Il.23.146, cf. Paus.1.37.3; κ. ἐν χρ [τὰς τρίχας] crop it close, Hdt.4.175; ἀλόχων κείραντες ἔθειραν E.Hel.1124 (lyr.): —more freq. in Med., cut off one's hair or have it cut off, as a sign of mourning (cf. κουρά), τοῦτο . . γέρας οἶον ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσι, κείρασθαί τε κόμην βαλέειν τ' ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν Od.4.198, cf. 24.46, Il.23.46; πολύν σοι βοστρύχων πλόκαμον κεροῦμαι E.Tr.1183; κείρομαι κόμαν Id.Ph. 322 (lyr.): abs., cut off one's hair, κείρασθε, συμπενθήσατ' Id.HF1390; ἐφ' οἷς ἡ πόλις ἐπένθησε καὶ ἐκείρατο Aeschin.3.211, etc.; ἄξιον ἦν ἐπὶ τῷδε τῷ τάφῳ κείρασθαι τῇ Ἑλλάδι Lys. l.c.: Com., πρὸς φθεῖρα κείρασθαι to have oneself close shorn, Eub.32:—Pass., κουρᾷ . . πενθίμῳ κεκαρμένος E.Or.458; σύμβολον κ. half-cropped, Hermipp.14; τὰ ῥόδα κ. Pherecr.108.29; also, of the hair, to be cut off, πλόκαμοι κερθέντες Pi.P.4.82; βοστρύχους κεκαρμένους E.El.515. 2 crop a person, σφέας αὐτοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἵππους, in sign of mourning, Hdt.9.24; κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς to have their heads shorn, Id.2.36; Θρᾳκιστὶ κέκαρμαι Theoc.14.46; v. χρώς 1.2, ἐγκυτί; shear sheep, μάχαιραι κουρίδες, αἷς κείρομεν τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς ποιμένας Cratin.37; κείρεσθαί (tonderi) μου τὰ πρόβατα, ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀποξύρεσθαι (deglubi) βούλομαι Tiber. ap. D.C. 57.10 (cf. infr. 3); τὸ μὲν [καρῆναι] ἐπὶ προβάτων τιθέασι καὶ ἐπὶ ἀτίμου κουρᾶς (cf. Luc.Sol.6), κείρασθαι δὲ ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων Phryn.292; but τῶν Ἀργείων ἐπὶ πένθει καρέντων Plu.l.c.; τῷ σε χρὴ δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι AP11.368 (Jul. Antec.). 3 metaph., 'fleece', plunder, τὴν μάμμην Herod.3.39. II cut down, δοῦρ' ἐλάτης κέρσαντες Il. 24.450; ὕλην S.Tr.1196; crop close, opp. ἐπιτέμνειν, Thphr.CP3.23.3; pluck, ἄνθη Philostr. VA1.5: metaph., ἐκ λεχέων κ. μελιαδέα ποίαν Pi.P.9.37; Ἄρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον A.Supp.666 (lyr.). 2 ravage a country, esp. by cutting down crops and fruit-trees, τὸ πεδίον Hdt.5.63; τέμενος Id.6.75, cf. OGI765.10 (Priene); τὴν γῆν Hdt.6.99, Th. 1.64; χώραν Aen.Tact.15.9; destroy, πόλιν Call.Fr.1.60 P.; also, clear, of pioneers, ὄρος Hdt.7.131:—Pass., of a country, to be ravaged, καρῆναι Id.4.127, cf. 8.65; κεκαρμένα κτήματα SIG364.67 (Ephesus, iii B.C.):—Med., χθὼν πεύκας κειραμένη having its pine-trees cut down, AP9.106 (Leon.); ἄρουραι λήϊα κειράμεναι Ps.-Phoc.166: metaph., Σπάρτη . . ἐκείρατο δόξαν had her glory shorn off, Epigr. ap. Paus. 9.15.6; Ἄρης νυχίαν πλάκα κερσάμενος having had the plain swept clean (by destroying the men), A.Pers.953 (lyr.). 3 ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον slaughtered many a horned beast by hewing, S.Aj.55. 4 hew, carve, ἐπίβασιν Inscr.Cypr.99 H. 5 cut through transversely, opp. σχίζειν (slit longitudinally), φλέβα Antyll. ap. Orib.7.11.3. III generally, destroy, consume: 1 tear, eat greedily, of beasts, κείρει τ' εἰσελθὼν βαθὺ λήϊον [ὄνος] Il.11.560; of fish, δημὸν . . ἐπινεφρίδιον κείροντες 21.204; of vultures, ἧπαρ ἔκειρον Od.11.578, cf. Luc.DDeor. 1.1, DMort.30.1. 2 metaph., waste, devour, ἐκείρετε πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλὰ κτήματ' ἐμά Od.2.312; ἔκειρον κτήματ' ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ 22.369, etc.: abs., κείρετε (sc. βίοτον) 1.378.