A.cut off, “ἶνας μεδέων ἀπέθρισεν” Archil.138; “ἄκρας ὡς ἀπέθρισεν κόμας” E.Or.128, cf. Hel.1188, AP6.107 (Phil.), etc.; “καυλόν” Dsc.3.70; of persons, “μνηστῆρας” Nonn.D.48.96; regul. form -θέρισα in Ael.NA1.5, Apollod.1.9.22; “ἀπεθέρισα τοὺς προφήτας σου” LXXHo.6.6(5):—Med., aor. “ἀπεθρισάμην” AP5.236 (Agath.); ἀποθρίξασθαι, of the tonsure of monks, Procop.Arc.1, al., perhaps from a mistaken etymology, cf. “ἀποθρίξαντες τὴν χαίτην” Ael. ap. Ar.Byz.Epit.149.13.
ἀποθερίζω , poet. aor. ἀπέθρι^σα (also in late Prose, Porph.Abst.2.10):—