κολοβ-όω,
dock, curtail, mutilate, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 101, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.80.13; τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τοὺς πόδας LXX.2Ki.4.12 ] LXX+4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be mutilated, imperfect, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Araros Comicus 3, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.6.3; τῆς γυναικὸς τὴν ῥῖνα κολοβοῦσθαι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.78; τῇ φώκῃ κεκολοβωμένοι πόδες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 487b23, compare “GA” 771a2: with _genitive_, κεκολοβῶσθαι τῶν ἐκτὸς μορίων [prev. author] “PA” 695b2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of Time, curtail, shorten, τὰς ἡμέρας [[ NT.Mark.13.20, cf. NT.Matt.24.22 (_passive_). ] NT]