ἀκροτομέω
From LSJ
νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → they manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous | They manage the home, and guard within the house the sea-borne wares. No house is clean or prosperous if the wife is absent.
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.
