σπαδονίζω

A. make flaccid, περὶ τοῖς ὀδοῦσι . . τὰς τῆς πιμελῆς κτηδόνας Sor. 1.118.

2. metaph. in trans. sense, ς. τὸν ἦχον curtail, cramp, emasculate their sound, of the short vowels, D.H. Comp. 14 (as v.l. for σπανίζει).