ἀποσποδέω
From LSJ
ἐπεὰν νῶτον ὑὸς δελεάσῃ περὶ ἄγκιστρον, μετιεῖ ἐς μέσον τὸν ποταμόν, ὁ κροκόδειλος ἵεται κατὰ τὴν φωνήν, ἐντυχὼν δὲ τῷ νώτῳ καταπίνει → when he has baited a hog's back onto a hook, he throws it into the middle of the river, ... the crocodile lunges toward the voice of a squealing piglet, and having come upon the hogback, swallows it
English (LSJ)
A wear quite off, τοὺς ὄνυχας walk one's toes off, Ar. Av.8:—Pass., = ἀπερρίφθαι, ἀποθανεῖν, Hsch. II ἀπεσποδηκότων· φλεγομένων ἐν τῇ τέφρᾳ, Id. (-ικώτων cod.).
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποσποδέω: ἀφανίζω, καταστρέφω τι ἐκ τῆς πολλῆς χρήσεως, ἀποσποδῆσαι τοὺς ὄνυχας τῶν δακτύλων, ν᾿ ἀφανίσω τοὺς ὄνυχας τῶν δακτύλων μου, Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 8.
