Ἀποσκυθίσαι
to scalp Scythian-style
Translated by Jennifer Benedict3 Jun 2001Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
Properly [this is] to cut off the skin on the top of the head along with the hairs, but by a misuse of language [it comes to mean] to cut the hair.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀποσκυθίσαι· κυρίως μὲν τὸ ἐπιτεμεῖν τὸ ἐπικεφάλαιον δέρμα σὺν θριξί, καταχρηστικῶς δὲ τὸ ἀποκεῖραι.
Betacode
*)aposkuqi/sai: kuri/ws me\n to\ e)pitemei=n to\ e)pikefa/laion de/rma su\n qrici/, kataxrhstikw=s de\ to\ a)pokei=rai.