κουρίζω

English (LSJ)

(A), (κοῦρος A) intr.,

   A to be a youth, σάκος... ὃ κουρίζων φορέεσκε Od.22.185, cf. A.R.1.195; to be a girl, Id.3.666; παῖς ἔτι -ίζουσα Call.Dian.5, cf. Arat.32.    2 cry like a babe, Call.Jov. 54.    3 of dolphins, κ. ἑὸν σθένος attain the strength of youth, Opp. H.1.664.    II trans., bring up from boyhood or to manhood, ἄνδρας Hes.Th.347.    III κουρίζεσθαι· ὑμεναιοῦσθαι, Hsch.
κουρ-ίζω (B), (κείρω, κουρά)

   A clip, shear, aor. 1 κούριξαν· ἀπεκειραν, Id.:—Pass., κυπάρισσος ἡ κουριζομένη which sprouts when clipped, Thphr.HP2.2.2.