ἐξερείπω

English (LSJ)

   A strike off, ὄζους δρυὸς πελέκει Pi.P.4.264.    II more freq. intr. in aor. 2 ἐξήρῐπον, inf. ἐξερῐπεῖν:—fall to earth, ὡς δ' ὅθ' ὑπὸ ῥιπῆς πατρὸς Διὸς ἐξερίπῃ δρῦς Il.14.414; χαίτη ζεύγλης ἐξεριποῦσα the mane streaming downwards from the yoke-cushion, 17.440; [κάπροι] αὐχένας ἐξεριπόντες letting their necks fall on the ground, Hes.Sc. 174; fall down, Id.Th.704.—Mostly Ep., but ᾗ ἐξήριπε τὸ κάτηγμα where the fractured part projects, Hp.Off.12.