ἀποδειροτομέω
πάλιν δ' ὅ γε λάζετο μῦθον → he took back his speech, he retracted his speech, he altered his speech
English (LSJ)
A slaughter by cutting off the head, or cutting the throat, of men, Il.18.336, 23.22, Luc.DMeretr.13.3; μῆλα ἐς βόθρον Od.11.35; κεφαλὴν ἀ. Hes.Th.280.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀποδειροτομέω: ἀπαυχενίζω, κόπτω τὸν λαιμόν, ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων, δώδεκα δὲ προπάροιθε πυρῆς ἀποδειροτομήσω Τρώων ἀγλαὰ τέκνα, «τοὺς τραχήλους ἀποτεμῶ» (Σχόλ.), Ἰλ. Σ. 336, Ψ. 22, Λουκ. Ἑταιρ. Διάλ. 13. 3· ἐπὶ προβάτων, Ὀδ. Λ. 35· κεφαλήν ἀπ. Ἡσ. Θ. 280. Ἐντεῦθεν οὐσιαστ. -τόμησις, ἡ, Εὐστ. 1145. 63.
French (Bailly abrégé)
-ῶ :
ao. ἀπεδειροτόμησα;
couper le cou à, acc..
Étymologie: ἀποδείρω, τέμνω.
English (Autenrieth)
(δειρή, τέμνω), fut. -ήσω, aor. ἀπεδειροτόμησα: cut the throat of, slaughter; ἐς βόθρον, i. e. over the trench, so that the blood might run into it, Od. 11.35.
