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κειμήλιον
κειμήλιος
κειμηλιοφυλάκιον
κειμηλιόω
κεῖνος
κειράς
κειρία
κειριάτης
κειριόω
κεῖρις
κείρω
κεῖσε
Κειτούκειτος
κείω1
κείω2
κειώδης
κεκαδήσω
κεκακουργημένως
κεκάλακας
κεκαφηώς
κεκεῖνα
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κείρω
κείρω, fut.
A). κερῶ Pl. R. 471a , Ion. κερέω Il. 23.146 : aor. ἔκειρα Pi. P. 9.37 , E. Tr. 1173 , etc., Ep. ἔκερσα Il. 13.546 (ἀπο-, in tmesi), A. Supp. 666 (lyr.): pf. κέκαρκα Sammelb. 6002 (ii B.C.),(περι-) Luc. Symp. 32 :— Med., fut. κεροῦμαι E. Tr. 1183 ,(ἀπο-) Pl. Phd. 89b : aor. ἐκειράμἡν Lys. 2.60 , etc., Ep. ἐκερσάμην Call. Fr. 311 , A. Pers. 953 (lyr.):— Pass., aor. 1 part. κερθείς (v.l. καρθ-) Pi. P. 4.82 : aor. 2 ἐκάρην [ᾰ] PSI 4.368.45 (iii B.C.), subj. κᾰρῇ Hdt. 4.127 , inf. κᾰρῆναι, part. καρείς, Luc. Sol. 6 , Plu. Lys. 1 : pf. inf. κεκάρθαι Hdt. 2.36 : Att. plpf. ἐκεκάρμην Luc. Lex. 5 . (Cf. Skt. kṛṇā´ti 'wound', Lat. caro: prob. also O E. scieran, Eng. shear.):—cut short, shear, clip, esp. of hair, σοί τε κόμην κερέειν (sc. Σπερχειῷ) Il. 23.146 , cf. Paus. 1.37.3 ; κ. ἐν χρό+ [τὰς τρίχας] crop it close, Hdt. 4.175 ; ἀλόχων κείραντες ἔθειραν E. Hel. 1124 (lyr.): —more freq. in Med., cut off one's hair or have it cut off, as a sign of mourning (cf. κουρά) , τοῦτο .. γέρας οἶον ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσι, κείρασθαί τε κόμην βαλέειν τ’ ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν Od. 4.198 , cf. 24.46 , Il. 23.46 ; πολύν σοι βοστρύχων πλόκαμον κεροῦμαι E. Tr. 1183 ; κείρομαι κόμαν Id. Ph. 322 (lyr.): abs., cut off one's hair, κείρασθε, συμπενθήσατ’ Id. HF 1390 ; ἐφ’ οἷς ἡ πόλις ἐπένθησε καὶ ἐκείρατο Aeschin. 3.211 , etc.; ἄξιον ἦν ἐπὶ τῷδε τῷ τάφῳ κείρασθαι τῇ Ἑλλάδι Lys. l.c.: Com., πρὸς φθεῖρα κείρασθαι to have oneself close shorn, Eub. 32 :— Pass., κουρᾷ .. πενθίμῳ κεκαρμένος E. Or. 458 ; σύμβολον κ. half-cropped, Hermipp. 14 ; τὰ ῥόδα κ. Pherecr. 108.29 ; also, of the hair, to be cut off, πλόκαμοι κερθέντες Pi. P. 4.82 ; βοστρύχους κεκαρμένους E. El. 515 .
2). crop a person, σφέας αὐτοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἵππους, in sign of mourning, Hdt. 9.24 ; κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς to have their heads shorn, Id. 2.36 ; Θρᾳκιστὶ κέκαρμαι Theoc. 14.46 ; v. χρώς 1.2 , ἐγκυτί; shear sheep, μάχαιραι κουρίδες, αἷς κείρομεν τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς ποιμένας Cratin. 37 ; κείρεσθαί (tonderi) μου τὰ πρόβατα, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἀποξύρεσθαι (deglubi) βούλομαι Tiber. ap. D.C. 57.10 (cf. infr. 3 ); τὸ μὲν [καρῆναι] ἐπὶ προβάτων τιθέασι καὶ ἐπὶ ἀτίμου κουρᾶς (cf. Luc. Sol. 6 ), κείρασθαι δὲ ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων Phryn. 292 ; but τῶν Ἀργείων ἐπὶ πένθει καρέντων Plu.l.c.; τῷ σε χρὴ δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι AP 11.368 ( Jul. Antec.).
3). metaph.,'fleece', plunder, τὴν μάμμην Herod. 3.39 .
II). cut down, δοῦρ’ ἐλάτης κέρσαντες Il. 24.450 ; ὕλην S. Tr. 1196 ; crop close, opp. ἐπιτέμνειν, Thphr. CP 3.23.3 ; pluck, ἄνθη Philostr. VA 1.5 : metaph., ἐκ λεχέων κ. μελιαδέα ποίαν Pi. P. 9.37 ; Ἄρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον A. Supp. 666 (lyr.).
2). ravage a country, esp. by cutting down crops and fruit-trees, τὸ πεδίον Hdt. 5.63 ; τέμενος Id. 6.75 , cf. OGI 765.10 (Priene); τὴν γῆν Hdt. 6.99 , Th. 1.64 ; χώραν Aen.Tact. 15.9 ; destroy, πόλιν Call. Fr. 1.60 P.; also, clear, of pioneers, ὄρος Hdt. 7.131 :— Pass., of a country, to be ravaged, καρῆναι Id. 4.127 , cf. 8.65 ; κεκαρμένα κτήματα SIG 364.67 (Ephesus, iii B.C.):— Med., χθὼν πεύκας κειραμένη having its pine-trees cut down, AP 9.106 ( Leon.); ἄρουραι λήϊα κειράμεναι Ps.-Phoc. 166 : metaph., Σπάρτη .. ἐκείρατο δόξαν had her glory shorn off, Epigr. ap. Paus. 9.15.6 ; Ἄρης νυχίαν πλάκα κερσάμενος having had the plain swept clean (by destroying the men), A. Pers. 953 (lyr.).
3). ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον slaughtered many a horned beast by hewing, S. Aj. 55 .
4). hew, carve, ἐπίβασιν Inscr.Cypr. 99 H.
5). cut through transversely, opp. σχίζειν (slit longitudinally), φλέβα Antyll. ap. Orib. 7.11.3 .
III). generally, destroy, consume:
1). tear, eat greedily, of beasts, κείρει τ’ εἰσελθὼν βαθὺ λήϊον [ὄνος] Il. 11.560 ; of fish, δημὸν .. ἐπινεφρίδιον κείροντες 21.204 ; of vultures, ἧπαρ ἔκειρον Od. 11.578 , cf. Luc. DDeor. 1.1 , DMort. 30.1 .
2). metaph., waste, devour, ἐκείρετε πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλὰ κτήματ’ ἐμά Od. 2.312 ; ἔκειρον κτήματ’ ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ 22.369 , etc.: abs., κείρετε (sc. βίοτον) 1.378 .


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to cut short, shear (hair); ravage, destroy

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κείρω</span>, fut. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">κερῶ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:471a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:471a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 471a </a> , Ion. <span class="quote greek">κερέω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:146" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.146/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.146 </a> : aor. <span class="quote greek">ἔκειρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 9.37 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1173" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1173/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 1173 </a>, etc., Ep. <span class="quote greek">ἔκερσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:13:546" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13.546/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 13.546 </a> (<span class="foreign greek">ἀπο</span>-, in tmesi), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:666" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:666/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 666 </a> (lyr.): pf. <span class="quote greek">κέκαρκα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sammelb.</span> 6002 </span> (ii B.C.),(<span class="itype greek">περι</span>-) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg015:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg015:32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Symp.</span> 32 </a>:— Med., fut. <span class="quote greek">κεροῦμαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 1183 </a> ,(<span class="foreign greek">ἀπο</span>-) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:89b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:89b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 89b </a>: aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐκειράμἡν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg002.perseus-grc1:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg002.perseus-grc1:60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 2.60 </a> , etc., Ep. <span class="quote greek">ἐκερσάμην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:311" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:311/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 311 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:953" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:953/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 953 </a> (lyr.):— Pass., aor. 1 part. <span class="foreign greek">κερθείς</span> (v.l. <span class="itype greek">καρθ</span>-) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.82 </a>: aor. 2 <span class="foreign greek">ἐκάρην [ᾰ</span>] <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PSI</span> 4.368.45 </span> (iii B.C.), subj. <span class="quote greek">κᾰρῇ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.127/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.127 </a> , inf. <span class="foreign greek">κᾰρῆναι</span>, part. <span class="foreign greek">καρείς</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg070:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg070:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sol.</span> 6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg032:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg032:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lys.</span> 1 </a>: pf. inf. <span class="quote greek">κεκάρθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.36 </a> : Att. plpf. <span class="quote greek">ἐκεκάρμην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg046:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg046:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lex.</span> 5 </a> . (Cf. Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">kṛṇā´ti</span> \'wound\', Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">caro</span>: prob. also O<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">scieran</span>, Eng. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shear.):—cut short, shear, clip</span>, esp. of hair, <span class="foreign greek">σοί τε κόμην κερέειν</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">Σπερχειῷ</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:146" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.146/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.146 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:37:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:37:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 1.37.3 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κ. ἐν χρό+ [τὰς τρίχας</span>] <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crop</span> it close, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:175" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.175/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.175 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἀλόχων κείραντες ἔθειραν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1124/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 1124 </a> (lyr.): —more freq. in Med., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cut off one\'s</span> hair or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">have</span> it <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cut off</span>, as a sign of mourning (cf. <span class="foreign greek">κουρά</span>) <span class="quote greek">, τοῦτο .. γέρας οἶον ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσι, κείρασθαί τε κόμην βαλέειν τ’ ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:198" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:4.198/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 4.198 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:24:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:24.46/canonical-url/"> 24.46 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:23:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:23.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 23.46 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πολύν σοι βοστρύχων πλόκαμον κεροῦμαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1183" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg011.perseus-grc1:1183/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 1183 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κείρομαι κόμαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:322" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg015.perseus-grc1:322/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 322 </a> (lyr.): abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cut off one\'s hair</span>, <span class="quote greek">κείρασθε, συμπενθήσατ’</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1390" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:1390/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 1390 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐφ’ οἷς ἡ πόλις ἐπένθησε καὶ ἐκείρατο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:211" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:211/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.211 </a> , etc.; <span class="quote greek">ἄξιον ἦν ἐπὶ τῷδε τῷ τάφῳ κείρασθαι τῇ Ἑλλάδι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> </span> l.c.: Com., <span class="foreign greek">πρὸς φθεῖρα κείρασθαι</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to have oneself</span> close <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shorn</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eub.</span> 32 </a>:— Pass., <span class="quote greek">κουρᾷ .. πενθίμῳ κεκαρμένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:458" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:458/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 458 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">σύμβολον κ.</span> half-<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cropped</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0252.tlg001:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0252.tlg001:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hermipp.</span> 14 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὰ ῥόδα κ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:108:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:108.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pherecr.</span> 108.29 </a> ; also, of the hair, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be cut off</span>, <span class="quote greek">πλόκαμοι κερθέντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:82" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.82/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.82 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">βοστρύχους κεκαρμένους</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:515" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg012.perseus-grc1:515/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">El.</span> 515 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crop</span> a person, <span class="foreign greek">σφέας αὐτοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἵππους</span>, in sign of mourning, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.24 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to have</span> their heads <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shorn</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 2.36 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Θρᾳκιστὶ κέκαρμαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:14.46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 14.46 </a> ; v. <span class="ref greek">χρώς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.2/canonical-url/"> 1.2 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">ἐγκυτί</span>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shear</span> sheep, <span class="quote greek">μάχαιραι κουρίδες, αἷς κείρομεν τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς ποιμένας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0434.tlg001:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Cratin.</span> 37 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">κείρεσθαί</span> (<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tonderi</span>) <span class="foreign greek">μου τὰ πρόβατα, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἀποξύρεσθαι</span> (<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">deglubi</span>) <span class="foreign greek">βούλομαι</span> Tiber. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:57:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:57.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> 57.10 </a> (cf. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> 3 </a>); <span class="foreign greek">τὸ μὲν [καρῆναι] ἐπὶ προβάτων τιθέασι καὶ ἐπὶ ἀτίμου κουρᾶς</span> (cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg070:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg070:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Sol.</span> 6 </a>), <span class="quote greek">κείρασθαι δὲ ἐπὶ ἀνθρώπων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phryn.</span> 292 </span> ; but <span class="foreign greek">τῶν Ἀργείων ἐπὶ πένθει καρέντων</span> Plu.l.c.; <span class="quote greek">τῷ σε χρὴ δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.368 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> </span> Antec.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> metaph.,\'<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fleece\', plunder</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὴν μάμμην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:3:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:3.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 3.39 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cut down</span>, <span class="quote greek">δοῦρ’ ἐλάτης κέρσαντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:450" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.450/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 24.450 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὕλην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1196" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1196/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 1196 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crop close</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἐπιτέμνειν</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:3:23:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg002:3:23:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">CP</span> 3.23.3 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pluck</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἄνθη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:1:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg001:1.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VA</span> 1.5 </a> : metaph., <span class="quote greek">ἐκ λεχέων κ. μελιαδέα ποίαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9.37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 9.37 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">Ἄρης κέρσειεν ἄωτον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:666" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:666/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 666 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ravage</span> a country, esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by cutting down</span> crops and fruit-trees, <span class="quote greek">τὸ πεδίον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:63" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.63/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.63 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τέμενος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:75" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.75/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 6.75 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 765.10 </span> (Priene); <span class="quote greek">τὴν γῆν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:99" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.99/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 6.99 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:64" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.64/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.64 </a>; <span class="quote greek">χώραν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15.9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aen.Tact.</span> 15.9 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">destroy</span>, <span class="quote greek">πόλιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:1:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg001:1.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 1.60 </a> P.; also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">clear</span>, of pioneers, <span class="quote greek">ὄρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:131" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.131/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 7.131 </a> :— Pass., of a country, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be ravaged</span>, <span class="quote greek">καρῆναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:127" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.127/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 4.127 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.65/canonical-url/"> 8.65 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κεκαρμένα κτήματα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 364.67 </span> (Ephesus, iii B.C.):— Med., <span class="foreign greek">χθὼν πεύκας κειραμένη</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">having its</span> pine-trees <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cut down,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 9.106 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Leon.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">ἄρουραι λήϊα κειράμεναι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1605.tlg001:166" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1605.tlg001:166/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ps.-Phoc.</span> 166 </a> : metaph., <span class="foreign greek">Σπάρτη .. ἐκείρατο δόξαν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">had her</span> glory <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shorn off</span>, Epigr. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:15:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:15:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 9.15.6 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Ἄρης νυχίαν πλάκα κερσάμενος</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">having had</span> the plain <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">swept clean</span> (by destroying the men), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:953" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc1:953/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pers.</span> 953 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">slaughtered</span> many a horned beast <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">by hewing</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg003.perseus-grc1:55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aj.</span> 55 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hew, carve</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐπίβασιν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Inscr.Cypr.</span> 99 </span> H. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cut through transversely</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">σχίζειν</span> (slit longitudinally), <span class="quote greek">φλέβα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antyll.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:7:11:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:7:11:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 7.11.3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">destroy, consume</span>: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tear, eat greedily</span>, of beasts, <span class="foreign greek">κείρει τ’ εἰσελθὼν βαθὺ λήϊον [ὄνος</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:560" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.560/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.560 </a>; of fish, <span class="quote greek">δημὸν .. ἐπινεφρίδιον κείροντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:204" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:21.204/canonical-url/"> 21.204 </a> ; of vultures, <span class="quote greek">ἧπαρ ἔκειρον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:578" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.578/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 11.578 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg068:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg068:1.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DDeor.</span> 1.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg066:30:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg066:30.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DMort.</span> 30.1 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">waste, devour</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐκείρετε πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλὰ κτήματ’ ἐμά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:312" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.312/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 2.312 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἔκειρον κτήματ’ ἐνὶ μεγάρῳ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22:369" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.369/canonical-url/"> 22.369 </a> , etc.: abs., <span class="foreign greek">κείρετε</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">βίοτον</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:378" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.378/canonical-url/"> 1.378 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}