ἀποκτείνυμι
From LSJ
κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν τὴν μήτε πλουσίους ἄγαν μήτε πένητας ἔχουσαν πολίτας → the best democracy is that in which the citizens are neither very rich nor very poor (Thales/Plutarch)
English (LSJ)
or ἀπο-κτίννῡμι (the former is the more correct spelling, cf. best codd. in Pl. Grg.469a, Plb.2.56.15, etc., Hdn.Gr.2.539), = sq., Crates Com. 17, Lys. 12.7, Pl. l. c., X.An.6.3.5, D.20.158, etc.: —also ἀπο-κτιννύω, X.HG4.4.2, 5.2.43, etc.