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