κείρω
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Τὸ δὲ κεραΐζειν ἢ καταχρηστικῶς εἴρηται ἀπὸ ζῴων βλαπτόντων τοῖς κέρασιν ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ κείρειν, ὡς προείρηται
Translation (En)
The word keraïzein "to ravage" is either used by metaphor after the animals that wound with their horns (kerasin), or comes from keirein "to cut", as I said above
Parallels
Eustathius, Comm. Il., vol. 1, p. 573 (τὸ δὲ κεράϊζεν ἀντὶ τοῦ ἔκειρε δίκην ληΐου τινός […]. Ὅτι δὲ τὸ κεραΐζειν καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἁπλῶς φθείρειν ἢ ληΐζεσθαι καὶ ὡς εἰπεῖν κείρειν λέγεται…); ibid., vol. 3, p. 253 (Τὸ δὲ κείρει λήϊον, ἀντὶ τοῦ εἰς κόρον ἐσθίει, ὃς δὴ κόρος ἐκ τοῦ τοιούτου κείρειν γίνεται. (v. 562) Διὸ καὶ ἐπῆκται τὸ «ἐπεὶ κορέσσατο φορβῆς». ἐκ τούτου δὲ καὶ τὸ κεραΐζειν, ὅπερ ἐπί τε ἄλλων καὶ ἐπὶ λέοντος δέ που εἴρηται); ibid., vol. 3, p. 925 (Τὸ δὲ κεραΐζειν ἐπὶ λέοντος οὐ κυριολεκτεῖται, ἐπὶ κερασφόρων δὲ ζῴων. εἴρηται δὲ περὶ αὐτοῦ ἀκριβῶς ἀλλαχοῦ. ἐρεῖ δὲ καὶ μετ’ ὀλίγα κεραϊζέμεν πόλιν τὸ ἁπλῶς ἀφανίζειν καί, ὡς εἰπεῖν, κείρειν)
Comment
Derivational etymology, repeated several times by Eustathius, who clearly assumes that this is the correct etymology. "To cut" means "to destroy" and the etymon is a kind of hypernym of the lemma