κείρω , fut. inf. κερέειν, aor. 1 ἔκερσα,
κέρσε, mid. part. κειρόμενος,
ipf. κείροντο, aor. inf. κείρασθαι: shear, shear off, cut
down;
κόμην, δοῦρα, τένοντε,
Il. 23.146, Ω
450, Il. 10.546; then
‘consume,’ ‘waste,’ κτήματα, βίοτον, Od.
2.312, 143; fig., μάχης ἐπὶ
(adv.) μήδεα κείρει, ‘cuts
short,’ Il. 15.467; mid.,
cut off one's own hair (as an offering to the dead),
Il. 23.46, Od. 4.198.