κείρω,
future κερῶ [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 471a ] Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect κερέω [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.146 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἔκειρα [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.37, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1173, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect ἔκερσα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.546 (ἀπο-, in tmesi), 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 666 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect κέκαρκα [[ “Sammelb.” 6002 (2nd c.BC), (περι-) 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Symp.” 32 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—middle, future κεροῦμαι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1183, (ἀπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκειράμἡν [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.60, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect ἐκερσάμην [[ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Fragmenta” 311, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 953 (Lyric poetry): ] Refs 4th c.BC+] —passive, aorist 1 participle κερθείς[[ (variant καρθ-) 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.82: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist 2 ἐκάρην [ᾰ] [[ “PSI” 4.368.45 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], subjunctive κᾰρῇ [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.127, ] Refs 5th c.BC+]infinitive κᾰρῆναι, participle καρείς, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Sol.” 6, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lysander” 1 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: perfect infinitive κεκάρθαι [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.36 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: Attic dialect pluperfect ἐκεκάρμην [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 5 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]. (Cf. Sanskrit kṛṇā´ti 'wound', Latin caro: probably also O[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] scieran, Eng. shear.):—cut short, shear, clip, especially of hair, σοί τε κόμην κερέειν (i.e. Σπερχειῷ) [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.146, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 1.37.3 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. ἐν χρ [τὰς τρίχας] crop it close, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.175; ἀλόχων κείραντες ἔθειραν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1124 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: —more frequently in middle, cut off one's hair or have it cut off, as a sign of mourning (compare κουρά), τοῦτο.. γέρας οἶον ὀϊζυροῖσι βροτοῖσι, κείρασθαί τε κόμην βαλέειν τ᾽ ἀπὸ δάκρυ παρειῶν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.198, compare 24.46, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 23.46; πολύν σοι βοστρύχων πλόκαμον κεροῦμαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1183; κείρομαι κόμαν [prev. author] “Ph.” 322 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]: absolutely, cut off one's hair, κείρασθε, συμπενθήσατ᾽ [[ [prev. author] “HF” 1390; ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἡ πόλις ἐπένθησε καὶ ἐκείρατο 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.211, etc.; ἄξιον ἦν ἐπὶ τῷδε τῷ τάφῳ κείρασθαι τῇ Ἑλλάδι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator [same place]: Comedy texts, πρὸς φθεῖρα κείρασθαι] Refs 5th c.BC+] to have oneself close shorn, [[ 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 32 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, κουρᾷ.. πενθίμῳ κεκαρμένος [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 458 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σύμβολον κ. half-cropped, [[ 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 14; τὰ ῥόδα κ. 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 108.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, of the hair, to be cut off, πλόκαμοι κερθέντες [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.82; βοστρύχους κεκαρμένους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 515. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]