υποκείρω

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Τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ' ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν → But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this liferather, it is just a corpse with a soul

Sophocles, Antigone, 1165-7

Greek Monolingual

Α
1. κόβω αποκάτω
2. αποκόπτω αποκάτω
3. μτφ. α) κατακρεουργώ, ξεσκίζω («γυπῶν δίκην... ὑποκείρουσι τοὺς χρεώστας», Πλούτ.)
β) αφαιρώ.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ὑπ(ο)- + κείρω «κόβω τα μαλλιά»].