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|Definition=fut. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> κερῶ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>471a</span>, Ion. κερέω <span class="bibl">Il.23.146</span>: aor. ἔκειρα <span class="bibl">Pi. <span class="title">P.</span>9.37</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1173</span>, etc., Ep. ἔκερσα <span class="bibl">Il.13.546</span> (<b class="b3">ἀπο</b>-, in tmesi), <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Supp.</span>666</span> (lyr.): pf. κέκαρκα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>6002</span> (ii B.C.), (περι-) <span class="bibl">Luc. <span class="title">Symp.</span>32</span>:—Med., fut. κεροῦμαι <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Tr.</span>1183</span>, (<b class="b3">ἀπο</b>-) <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>89b</span>: aor. ἐκειράμἡν <span class="bibl">Lys.2.60</span>, etc., Ep. ἐκερσάμην <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>311</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>953</span> (lyr.): —Pass., aor. 1 part. <b class="b3">κερθείς</b> (v.l. καρθ-) <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.82</span>: aor. 2 <b class="b3">ἐκάρην [ᾰ</b>] <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>4.368.45</span> (iii B.C.), subj. κᾰρῇ <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.127</span>, inf. <b class="b3">κᾰρῆναι</b>, part. <b class="b3">καρείς</b>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Sol.</span>6</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Lys.</span>1</span>: pf. inf. κεκάρθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.36</span>: Att. plpf. ἐκεκάρμην <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Lex.</span>5</span>. (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">kṛṇā´ti</b> 'wound', Lat. <b class="b2">caro</b>: prob. also OE. <b class="b2">scieran</b>, Eng. <b class="b2">shear.):—cut short, shear, clip</b>, esp. of hair, <b class="b3">σοί τε κόμην κερέειν</b> (sc. <b class="b3">Σπερχειῷ</b>) <span class="bibl">Il.23.146</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Paus.1.37.3</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἐν χρ [τὰς τρίχας</b>] <b class="b2">crop</b> it close, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.175</span>; ἀλόχων κείραντες ἔθειραν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1124</span> (lyr.): —more freq. in Med., <b class="b2">cut off one's</b> hair or <b class="b2">have</b> it <b class="b2">cut off</b>, as a sign of mourning (cf. [[κουρά]]), τοῦτο… γέρας οἶον ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσι, κείρασθαί τε κόμην βαλέειν τ' ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν <span class="bibl">Od.4.198</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">24.46</span>, <span class="bibl">Il.23.46</span>; πολύν σοι βοστρύχων πλόκαμον κεροῦμαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1183</span>; κείρομαι κόμαν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 322</span> (lyr.): abs., <b class="b2">cut off one's hair</b>, κείρασθε, συμπενθήσατ' <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HF</span>1390</span>; ἐφ' οἷς ἡ πόλις ἐπένθησε καὶ ἐκείρατο <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.211</span>, etc.; ἄξιον ἦν ἐπὶ τῷδε τῷ τάφῳ κείρασθαι τῇ Ἑλλάδι Lys. l.c.: Com., <b class="b3">πρὸς φθεῖρα κείρασθαι</b> <b class="b2">to have oneself</b> close <b class="b2">shorn</b>, <span class="bibl">Eub.32</span>:—Pass., κουρᾷ… πενθίμῳ κεκαρμένος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>458</span>; <b class="b3">σύμβολον κ</b>. half-<b class="b2">cropped</b>, <span class="bibl">Hermipp.14</span>; τὰ ῥόδα κ. <span class="bibl">Pherecr.108.29</span>; also, of the hair, <b class="b2">to be cut off</b>, πλόκαμοι κερθέντες <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.82</span>; βοστρύχους κεκαρμένους <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>515</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">crop</b> a person, <b class="b3">σφέας αὐτοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἵππους</b>, in sign of mourning, <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.24</span>; <b class="b3">κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς</b> <b class="b2">to have</b> their heads <b class="b2">shorn</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.2.36</span>; Θρᾳκιστὶ κέκαρμαι <span class="bibl">Theoc.14.46</span>; v. [[χρώς]] <span class="bibl">1.2</span>, <b class="b3">ἐγκυτί</b>; <b class="b2">shear</b> sheep, μάχαιραι κουρίδες, αἷς κείρομεν τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς ποιμένας <span class="bibl">Cratin.37</span>; <b class="b3">κείρεσθαί</b> (<b class="b2">tonderi</b>) <b class="b3">μου τὰ πρόβατα, ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀποξύρεσθαι</b> (<b class="b2">deglubi</b>) <b class="b3">βούλομαι</b> Tiber. ap. <span class="bibl">D.C. 57.10</span> (cf. infr. <span class="bibl">3</span>); <b class="b3">τὸ μὲν [καρῆναι] ἐπὶ προβάτων τιθέασι καὶ ἐπὶ ἀτίμου κουρᾶς</b> (cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Sol.</span>6</span>), κείρασθαι δὲ ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων Phryn.292; but <b class="b3">τῶν Ἀργείων ἐπὶ πένθει καρέντων</b> Plu.l.c.; τῷ σε χρὴ δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι <span class="title">AP</span>11.368 (Jul. Antec.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> metaph., '<b class="b2">fleece', plunder</b>, τὴν μάμμην <span class="bibl">Herod.3.39</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">cut down</b>, δοῦρ' ἐλάτης κέρσαντες <span class="bibl">Il. 24.450</span>; ὕλην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1196</span>; <b class="b2">crop close</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἐπιτέμνειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.23.3</span>; <b class="b2">pluck</b>, ἄνθη <span class="bibl">Philostr. <span class="title">VA</span>1.5</span>: metaph., ἐκ λεχέων κ. μελιαδέα ποίαν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.37</span>; Ἄρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>666</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">ravage</b> a country, esp. <b class="b2">by cutting down</b> crops and fruit-trees, τὸ πεδίον <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.63</span>; τέμενος <span class="bibl">Id.6.75</span>, cf. <span class="title">OGI</span>765.10 (Priene); τὴν γῆν <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.99</span>, <span class="bibl">Th. 1.64</span>; χώραν <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.15.9</span>; <b class="b2">destroy</b>, πόλιν <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Fr.</span>1.60</span> P.; also, <b class="b2">clear</b>, of pioneers, ὄρος <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.131</span>:—Pass., of a country, <b class="b2">to be ravaged</b>, καρῆναι <span class="bibl">Id.4.127</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">8.65</span>; κεκαρμένα κτήματα <span class="title">SIG</span>364.67 (Ephesus, iii B.C.):—Med., <b class="b3">χθὼν πεύκας κειραμένη</b> <b class="b2">having its</b> pine-trees <b class="b2">cut down</b>, AP9.106 (Leon.); ἄρουραι λήϊα κειράμεναι <span class="bibl">Ps.-Phoc.166</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">Σπάρτη… ἐκείρατο δόξαν</b> <b class="b2">had her</b> glory <b class="b2">shorn off</b>, Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Paus. 9.15.6</span>; <b class="b3">Ἄρης νυχίαν πλάκα κερσάμενος</b> <b class="b2">having had</b> the plain <b class="b2">swept clean</b> (by destroying the men), <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>953</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον</b> <b class="b2">slaughtered</b> many a horned beast <b class="b2">by hewing</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>55</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">hew, carve</b>, ἐπίβασιν <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span>99 H. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">cut through transversely</b>, opp. <b class="b3">σχίζειν</b> (slit longitudinally), φλέβα Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.7.11.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> generally, <b class="b2">destroy, consume</b>: </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">tear, eat greedily</b>, of beasts, <b class="b3">κείρει τ' εἰσελθὼν βαθὺ λήϊον [ὄνος</b>] <span class="bibl">Il.11.560</span>; of fish, δημὸν… ἐπινεφρίδιον κείροντες <span class="bibl">21.204</span>; of vultures, ἧπαρ ἔκειρον <span class="bibl">Od.11.578</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DDeor.</span> 1.1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">DMort.</span>30.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b2">waste, devour</b>, ἐκείρετε πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλὰ κτήματ' ἐμά <span class="bibl">Od.2.312</span>; ἔκειρον κτήματ' ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ <span class="bibl">22.369</span>, etc.: abs., <b class="b3">κείρετε</b> (sc. <b class="b3">βίοτον</b>) <span class="bibl">1.378</span>.</span>

|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1412.png Seite 1412]] fut. κερῶ, äol. u. ep. κέρσω, aor. ἔκειρα, p. ἔκερσα, perf. pass. κέκαρμαι, aor. ἐκάρην, auch ἐκέρθην, <b class="b2">scheeren</b>; a) eigentlich, das Haar abscheeren, abschneiden; σοί τε κόμην κερέειν Il. 23, 146; häufiger im med., κείροντο δὲ χαίτας Od. 24, 46, wie κείρασθαι κόμην 4, 198, sich das Haar scheeren; absol., κείρεσθαι, sich scheeren, Il. 23, 136; immer ein Zeichen der Trauer, bes. um Verstorbene; πλόκαμοι κερθέντες Pind. Ol. 4, 82; ὧν ἀλόχων κείραντες ἔθειραν Eur. Hel. 1134; ἐμὰν λευκόχροα κείρομαι κόμαν Phoen. 326; absol., κείρασθε, συμπενθήσατε Herc. Fur. 1390, wie Aesch. ἐφ' οἷς ἡ [[πόλις]] ἐπένθησε καὶ ἐκεί. ρατο 3, 211; Arist. rhet. 3, 10 u. A.; σφέας αὐτοὺς κείροντες καὶ τοὺς ἵππους Her. 9, 24; ἅμα κήδεϊ κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς 2, 36; Folgde. Nach Phryn. κείρασθαι von Menschen, [[καρῆναι]] von Schaafen und anderen Thieren, vgl. Lob. ib. 319 u. B. A. 103; aber Plut. sagt τῶν Ἀργείων ἐπὶ πένθει καρέντων, Lys. 1. – b) auch von anderen Dingen, abschneiden; δοῦρ' [[ἐλάτης]] κέρσαντες, Fichtenholz abhauen, Il. 24, 450; πολλὴν μὲν ὕλην τῆς βαθυῤῥίζου δρυὸς κείραντα Soph. Trach. 1186; ὁπότ' ἐκ λειμῶνος ἐΰπνοα λείρια κέρσοι Hosch. 2, 32; Her. sagt ἔκειρε τὸ [[οὖρος]], 7, 131, er rasirte das Gebirge, hieb alle Waldung um; übertr., μηδ' Ἀφροδίτας εὐνάτωρ [[Ἄρης]] κέρσειεν [[ἄωτον]] Aesch. Suppl. 652, vgl. Ch. 170. 187. – c) von Thieren, abfressen, abweiden; [[λήϊον]], δημόν, Il. 11, 560. 21, 204; γῦπε [[ἧπαρ]] ἔκειρον, zwei Geier fraßen die Leber ab, Od. 11, 578; Luc. D. D. 1, 1 D. Hort. 30, 1; ἔνθ' εἰσπεσὼν ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον Soph. Ai. 55, er mordete die gehörnte Heerde; – κτήματα κείρειν, Hab und Gut aufzehren, Od. 2, 312. 22, 369 u. sonst; auch ohne κτήματα, 1, 378. 2, 143. – d) übh. verwüsten, vernichten, vertilgen; μάχης ἐπὶ μήδεα κείρειν, den Kampf verderben, Jemanden am Kämpfen hindern, Il. 15, 467. 16, 120; Länder, Städte u. dgl., wo wieder an ein Umhauen der Bäume u. ein Abschneiden des Getreides zu denken ist; νυχίαν πλάκα κερσάμενος Aesch. Pers. 914; ἐςβαλὼν ἔκειρε τὸ [[τέμενος]] τῶν θεῶν Her. 6, 75, vgl. 99; pass., ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἐκείρετο ὑπὸ τοῦ πεζοῦ 8, 65; οὐδ' ἄρα τὴν Ἑλλάδα Ἕλληνες ὄντες κεροῦσιν Plat. Rep. V, 471 b. – Verwandt ist [[ξύρω]], vgl. Buttmann Lexil. II p. 264.