τά γε μὰν λίνα πάντα λελοίπει ἐκ Μοιρᾶν → but all the thread granted him by the Fates had run out
exsico exsicare, exsicui, exsictus V TRANS :: cut out/off; remove/make (hole) by cutting; cut, make cut in; castrate
exsĭco: (exĭc-), āre, v. exseco.
exsicō, c. exseco.