A.“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. “δα^ρήσομαι” Ev.Marc.13.9, POxy.653b (ii A.D.): aor. ἐδάρην [α^] Men.Mon.422, (ἀπ-) X.An. 3.5.9, (ἐκ-) Hdt.7.26; part. “δαρθείς” Nicoch.8: pf. δέδαρμαι (v. infr.):— skin, flay, of animals, “δ. βοῦς” Il.23.167: prov., κύνα δ. δεδαρμένην 'flog a dead horse', Pherecr.179; ἀσκὸς δεδάρθαι to have one's skin flayed off, Sol.33.7; δερῶ σε θύλακον κλοπῆς I will make a thief's 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 δι᾽ 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. SIG1109.91 (ii A.D.): metaph., “εἰς πρόσωπόν τινα δ.” 2 Ep.Cor.11.20. (Cf. Lith. derù 'flay', Skt. dṛṇā´ti 'split'.)
