ἀπο-κνίζω,
future -ίσω, nip or snip off, τι [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Steril.” 214, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 869, 4th c.BC: Sotades Comicus 1.23, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 6.8.2; κηφῆνος πτερόν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 554b5; ἀπότινος 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.4; τινός 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.977b] Refs 5th c.BC+]; wring off, κεφαλήν[[ LXX.Lev.1.15] LXX]; ἀ. τὰ ὄμματα, perhaps falsa lectio for{ἀπόκναισον}, [[ “Tab.Defix.Aud.” 242.59 (Carthage, 3rd c.AD).] Refs 3rd c.AD+]