scalp

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. ἀποδέρειν (Herodotus).

substantive

P. ἀπόδερμα (Herodotus τό), V. χειρόμακτρον τό (Sophocles, Fragment).

stripped of his scalp in Scythian fashion: V. Σκυθιστὶ χειρόμακτρον ἐκκεκαρμένος (Sophocles, Fragment).