διαλαιμοτομέω

From LSJ

καθάπερ ὄφις παλαιὸν ἀποδύεται θώρακα → just as a snake sheds its old skin

Source

German (Pape)

[Seite 585] durch den Hals schneiden, Mnesimach. Ath. IX, 403 a (v. 16), s. v. a. verschlingen.

Spanish (DGE)

degollar fig., en v. pas. διαλαιμοτομεῖθ' ὑπὸ τῶν ἔνδον Mnesim.4.16.