δέρω

dero

skin, flay

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 5
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Book 1 1
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1459
Book 2 1
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2422
Book 7 1
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7316
Book 23 1
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23167
Book 24 1
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24622
Odyssey 5
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861
Book 10 1
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10533
Book 11 1
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1146
Book 12 1
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12359
Book 19 1
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19421

Dictionary (LSJ)

δέρω Ar. V. 485, Pl. Euthd. 285c, etc.:—also δείρω Hdt. 2.39, Ar. Nu. 442, Av. 365, Cratin. 361: impf. ἔδερον Il. 23.167, Ep. δέρον Od. 8.61: fut. δερῶ Ar. Eq. 370: aor. ἔδειρα Il. 2.422, (ἀπ-) Hdt. 5.25, (ἐκ-) Pl. R. 616a:—Med., v. ἀναδέρω:—Pass., fut. δᾰρήσομαι Ev.Marc. 13.9, POxy. 653b (ii A.D.): aor. ἐδάρην [ᾰ] Men. Mon. 422, (ἀπ-) X. An. 3.5.9, (ἐκ-) Hdt. 7.26; part. δαρθείς Nicoch. 8: pf. δέδαρμαι (v. infr.):— Α. skin, flay, of animals, δ. βοῦς Il. 23.167: prov., κύνα δ. δεδαρμένην ‘flog a dead horse’, Pherecr. 179; ἀσκὸς δεδάρθαι to have oneʼs skin flayed off, Sol. 33.7; δερῶ σε θύλακον κλοπῆς I will make a thiefʼs purse of your skin, Ar. Eq. 370: prov., πρὶν ἐσφάχθαι δέρεις ‘first catch your hare, then cook it’, Eust. 1792.45; ἀέρα δέρειν ‘plough the sands’, Id. 1215.50, Suid. 2. Anat., separate by avulsion, Herophil. ap. Gal. 2.349. II. colloquially, cudgel, thrash, δέδοκταί μοι δέρεσθαι καὶ δέρειν διʼ ἡμέρας Ar. V. 485, cf. Nu. 442, POxy. l.c. (ii A. D., Pass.): prov., ὁ μὴ δαρεὶς ἄνθρωπος οὐ παιδεύεται ‘spare the rod and spoil the child’, Men. l. c., cf. SIG 1109.91 (ii A.D.): metaph., εἰς πρόσωπόν τινα δ. 2 Ep.Cor. 11.20. (Cf. Lith. derù ‘flay’, Skt. dṛṇā´ti ‘split’.)

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