decapitate
From LSJ
χαῖρ', ὦ μέγ' ἀχρειόγελως ὅμιλε, ταῖς ἐπίβδαις, τῆς ἡμετέρας σοφίας κριτὴς ἄριστε πάντων → all hail, throng that laughs untimely on the day after the festival, best of all judges of our poetic skill
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
verb transitive
P. ἀποτέμνειν τὴν κεφαλήν (τινός), V. καρατομεῖν, αὐχενίζειν, κάρα τέμνειν (τινός), κρᾶτα τέμνειν (τινός), κάρα θερίζειν (τινός).