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μασχαλίζω μασχᾰλίζω, fut. -σω μασχάλη to put under the arm-pits: hence, to mutilate a corpse, since murderers had a fancy, that by cutting off the extremities and placing them under the arm-pits, they would avert vengeance, Aesch., Soph.

ShortDef

to put under the arm-pits

Debugging

Headword:

μασχαλίζω

Headword (normalized):

μασχαλίζω

Headword (normalized/stripped):

μασχαλιζω

IDX:

20345

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n20366

Key:

masxali/zw

Data

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