ἀκρωτηριάζω: Difference between revisions

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|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cut off</b> <b class="b3">ἀκρωτήρια</b>, of ships, <b class="b3">τὰς πρῴρας ἠκρωτηρίασαν</b> <b class="b2">cut the beaks off</b> the prows, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.59</span>:—so in Med., τὰς τριήρεις ἀκρωτηριασάμενος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.2.36</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Ath.12.535d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of persons, <b class="b2">cut off hands and feet, mutilate</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.5.54.10</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ῥῖνα, πρόσωπον</b>, <span class="bibl">Clearch. 8</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>18</span>; χεῖρας σὺν αὐτοῖς τοῖς βραχίοσιν <span class="bibl">D.S.34.8</span>; <b class="b3">ὄργανον</b>, of circumcision, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.211</span>; <b class="b3">μηδὲν ἀκρωτηριάσῃς ἐνθάδε</b>, Inscr. on statue, <span class="title">CIG</span>6855:—so in Med., μέλη <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ma.</span>18.20</span>: inetaph., ἠκρωτηριασμένοι τὰς πατρίδας <span class="bibl">D.18.296</span>; ἀ. τὴν ἀρετήν τινος <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr. 5.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> Medic., <b class="b2">amputate</b>, Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.45.14.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> metaph., <b class="b2">mutilate, maim</b>, τῇ συγκοπῇ τὸ μέγεθος Longin.39.4; πρᾶγμα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>237 vi 7</span> (ii A. D.); θείαν φύσιν <span class="bibl">Heraclit.<span class="title">All.</span>26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> intr., <b class="b2">form a promontory, jut out like one</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.43.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.2.1.40</span>.</span>

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