α3336Ἀποκαρτερήσαντα
having killed oneself by abstinence
[Meaning him] having taken himself out of life by starvation or by hanging. "[sc. It is said that] Lycurgus the Spartan lawgiver, after laying down the laws, came into Crete and killed himself by abstinence, so that he…
Ἀποκαρτερήσαντα· ἑαυτὸν λιμῷ ἢ ἀγχόνῃ τοῦ βίου ἐξαγαγόντα. Λυκοῦργον τὸν Λακεδαιμόνιον νομοθέτην μετὰ τὸ θεῖναι τοὺς νόμους ἐλθόντα εἰς Κρήτην ἀποκαρτερῆσαι, ὅπως μὴ αὐτοῖς…
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