α3062Ἀπεσκύθιζον
they were scalping Scythian-style
Properly [this means] to cut off the skin on the head, hairs and all, but by a misuse of language [it is] "to cut [the hair]".
Ἀπεσκύθιζον· κυρίως τὸ ἀποτεμεῖν τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς δέρμα σὺν θριξί, καταχρηστικῶς δὲ τὸ ἀποκεῖραι.