A.throw the rider over its head, X.Cyr.1.4.8, Plu.2.58f: generally, break a person's neck, Ar. Lys.705; overturn, “τὰ ὄρη” Tab.Defix.Aud.271.26 (Hadrumetum, iii A.D.); “κλίμακας” Ph.Bel.85.38:—Pass., break one's neck, Ar.Nu.1501, Pl.70, Luc.Merc.Cond.42.
2. metaph., ruin, pervert, D.9.51, Luc. Rh.Pr.10, Alciphr.3.40, Porph.Abst.1.42; “εἰς ὑπερηφανίαν” Mich.in EN523.20:—Pass., “εἰς ἀτόπους πράξεις” Ph.Fr.102 H.
III. behead, Gloss.