A.lop off corn by the ear, X.Oec.18.2, cf. PLond.2.163.21 (i A. D.); saw off at end “σφῆνας” Ph.Bel.67.21:—Pass., “-τομηθεὶς τράχηλον” Man.4.51: metaph., “τῶν εὐγενεστάτων ἀνδρῶν ἀ. τὴν πατ ρίδα” J.BJ2.10.1.
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ἀκρο-τομέω ,