κεραΐζω
τίς ἐς σὸν κρᾶτ' ἐπύκτευσεν → who hit you with the fist on the head, who has been pummeling your head
English (LSJ)
Ep. impf.
A κεράϊζον Hom. (v. infr.): fut. inf. κεραϊξέμεν Il. 16.830: aor. ἐκεράϊσα Hdt.2.115, -ϊξα Nonn. D.23.21: (κείρω):— ravage, plunder, σταθμοὺς ἀνθρώπων κεραΐζετον Il.5.557, cf. 16.752; πόλιν κεραϊξέμεν ἁμήν ib.830, cf. Od.8.516, Parth.21.1, etc.; τὸ τῶν Λυδῶν ἄστυ Hdt.1.88; τὰ οἰκία τοῦ ξείνου Id.2.115; οἰκίας J.BJ6.8.5; τοὺς σωροὺς τῶν δραγμάτων Ael.NA6.41:—Pass., θαλάμους κεραϊζομένους Il.22.63; εὐνὰς θανάτοις κεραϊζομένας E.Alc.886 (anap.). 2 of ships, sink, disable, Hdt.8.91, cf. 86 (Pass.). 3 of living beings, slaughter, Τρῶας κεράϊζε καὶ ἄλλους Il.2.861, cf. 21.129; θῆρας Pi.P. 9.21; οἱ [λέοντες] τὰς καμήλους ἐκεράϊζον Hdt.7.125. II carry off as plunder, [τὰ χρήματα] Id.2.121. β'; τοὺς ἱκέτας ἐκ τοῦ νηοῦ Id.1.159. III exalt, uplift, opp. ἀμαλδύνω, dub. in Corn.ND27.
