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κεδάννυμι
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κέδρινος
κέδρος
κεδρωτός
κεῖμαι
κειμήλιον
κειμήλιον
κειρία
κείρω
κείω
κείω
κείω
κεκαφηώς
κέκραγμα
κεκραγμός
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κείρω
κείρω to cut the hair short, shear, clip, Il., Hdt., Eur.:— Mid. to cut off oneʼs hair or have it cut off, as in deep mourning, Hom., Eur., etc.:—Pass., βοστρύχους κεκαρμένος having oneʼs locks cut off, Eur.; κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς to have their heads shorn, in sign of mourning, Hdt.: of the hair, to be cut off, Pind. to cut or hew out, Il.; ὕλην Soph. to ravage a country, by cutting down the crops and fruit-trees, Hdt., Thuc.:—Pass., of a country, to be ravaged, Thuc.:—Mid., Ἄρης πλάκα κερσάμενος having had the plain swept clean (by destroying the men), Aesch. generally, to destroy, and so, to tear, eat greedily, Lat. depasci, of beasts, Hom.; ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον, i. e. he slaughtered many a horned beast, Soph. of the suitors, to consume, waste oneʼs substance, Od.

ShortDef

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

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Headword:
κείρω
Headword (normalized):
κείρω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κειρω
IDX:
17644
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n17661
Key:
kei/rw

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