ἀποκείρω

apokeiro

clip, cut off

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 517b21–518b34

518b7
Book VI 1
Chapter 18 571b3–573b16

572b8
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1348a31
Physics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 5 196b10–197a35

197a23

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποκείρω, aor. -έκειρα, Ep. -έκερσα (v. infr.):—Pass., pf. -κέκαρμαι E. Hec. 910:—Α. clip, cut off, properly of hair, mostly in Med., ξανθὴν ἀπεικείρατο χαίτην Il. 23.141; ἀποκείρασθαι τὰς κεφαλάς to have their hair shorn close, Hdt. 6.21:abs., ἀποκείρασθαι cut off oneʼs hair, Ar. Nu. 836; esp. in token of mourning, Is. 4.7:—in Act., X. Eq. 5.8, Thphr. Char. 21.3, Luc. Pisc. 46; tear out, ἧπαρ Id. Prom. 2:—Pass., δὶς ἀποκαρέντα πρόβατα twice shorn or clipped, D.S. 1.36; ἀποκεκαρμένος ἐν χρῷ, ἀ. σκάφιον, of peculiar fashions of hair-cutting, Ar. Th. 838, Luc. DMeretr. 5.3: c. acc., ἀπὸ στεφάναν κέκαρσαι πύργων thou hast been shorn of thy crown of towers, E. Hec. 910; but ἀ. τινὰ τῶν γενείων Philostr. VA 7.34. 2. metaph., cheat, τοὺς παχεῖς Luc. Alex. 6. II. generally, cut through, sever, ἀπὸ δʼ ἄμφω κέρσε τένοντε Il. 10.456; ἀπὸ δὲ φλέβα πᾶσαν ἔκερσεν 13.546. III. metaph., cut off, slay, ἀποκείρεται σὸν ἄνθος πόλεως E. HF 875 (lyr.); ἀπέκειρε τὴν ἀκμὴν τῆς Σπάρτης Demad. 12.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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