shear

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. and V. κείρειν, τέμνειν; see also shorn.

shear (sheep): Ar. πεκτεῖν.

Met., fleece: Ar. πεκτεῖν.

you have shorn off your hair: V. κόμας ἀπέθρισας (1st aor. of ἀποθερίζειν (Euripides, Helen 1188).

a lock of shorn hair: V. κουρὰ τριχός, ἡ.