καράτομος

ον

τέμνω

A. beheaded, Γοργών E. Alc. 1118 (dub.l.); κ. ἐρημία νεανίδων, i. e. their slaughter, Id. Tr. 564 (lyr.); so Ἕκτορος . . κ. σφαγαί Id. Rh. 606.
2. cut off from the head, κ. Χλιδαί one's shorn locks, S. El. 52.
II. parox., Act., beheading, c. gen., Ἑλλάδος Lyc. 187.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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