ἀκρωτηρι-άζω,
cut off ἀκρωτήρια, of ships, τὰς πρῴρας ἠκρωτηρίασαν cut the beaks off the prows, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.59] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—so in middle, τὰς τριήρεις ἀκρωτηριασάμενος[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.36] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 12.535d. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 of persons, cut off hands and feet, mutilate, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.54.10, etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ῥῖνα, πρόσωπον, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Clearchus Historicus 8, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alcibiades” 18; χεῖρας σὺν αὐτοῖς τοῖς βραχίοσιν 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 34.8] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὄργανον, of circumcision, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.211] Refs 1st c.AD+]; μηδὲν ἀκρωτηριάσῃς ἐνθάδε, Inscription on statue, [[ “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 6855] Refs]:—so in middle, μέλη[[ LXX.4Mac.18.20: inetaph., ἠκρωτηριασμένοι τὰς πατρίδας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.296; ἀ. τὴν ἀρετήν τινος 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 5.8. ] LXX+4th c.BC+]
__3 in Medicine texts, amputate, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 45.14.4. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4 metaphorically, mutilate, maim, τῇ συγκοπῇ τὸ μέγεθος[[ 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 39.4; πρᾶγμα “POxy.” 237 vi 7 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; θείαν φύσιν[[ 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus “Allegoriae Quaestiones Homericae” 26. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II intransitive, form a promontory, jut out like one, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.43.2, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.1.40.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]