Σκυθίζω
Σκυθ-ίζω,
A). behave like a Scythian, i.e.,
2). from the Scythian practice of scalping slain enemies, shave the head, ἐσκυθισμένος ξυρῷ El. 241 ; so [ χαίτην] ἐσκύθιξε φασγάνῳ cut it off in mourning, Epigr.Gr. 790.8 (Achaea): cf. ἀποσκυθίζω.