ἀκρωτηριάζω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[cut off]] [[ἀκρωτήρια]], of ships, <b class="b3">τὰς πρῴρας ἠκρωτηρίασαν</b> [[cut the beaks off]] the prows, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.59</span>:—so in Med., τὰς τριήρεις ἀκρωτηριασάμενος <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.2.36</span>:—Pass., <span class="bibl">Ath.12.535d</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[cut off hands and feet]], [[mutilate]], <span class="bibl">Plb.5.54.10</span>, etc.; [[ῥῖνα]], [[πρόσωπον]], <span class="bibl">Clearch. 8</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>18</span>; χεῖρας σὺν αὐτοῖς τοῖς βραχίοσιν <span class="bibl">D.S.34.8</span>; [[ὄργανον]], of circumcision, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.211</span>; <b class="b3">μηδὲν ἀκρωτηριάσῃς ἐνθάδε</b>, Inscr. on statue, <span class="title">CIG</span>6855:—so in Med., μέλη <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">4 Ma.</span>18.20</span>: inetaph., ἠκρωτηριασμένοι τὰς πατρίδας <span class="bibl">D.18.296</span>; ἀ. τὴν ἀρετήν τινος <span class="bibl">Max.Tyr. 5.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> Medic., [[amputate]], Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.45.14.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> metaph., [[mutilate]], [[maim]], τῇ συγκοπῇ τὸ μέγεθος Longin.39.4; πρᾶγμα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>237 vi 7</span> (ii A. D.); θείαν φύσιν <span class="bibl">Heraclit.<span class="title">All.</span>26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[form a promontory]], [[jut out]] like a [[promontory]], <span class="bibl">Plb.4.43.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.2.1.40</span>.</span>