keiromō

κείρω,
future κερῶ Refs 5th c.BC+, Ionic dialect κερέω Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist ἔκειρα Refs 5th c.BC+, Epic dialect ἔκερσα Refs 8th c.BC+: perfect κέκαρκα Refs 2nd c.BC+:—middle, future κεροῦμαι Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐκειράμἡν Refs 5th c.BC+, Epic dialect ἐκερσάμην Refs 4th c.BC+ —passive, aorist 1 participle κερθείςRefs 5th c.BC+aorist 2 ἐκάρην [ᾰ] Refs 3rd c.BC+, subjunctive κᾰρῇ Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive κᾰρῆναι, participle καρείς, Refs 1st c.AD+: perfect infinitive κεκάρθαι Refs 5th c.BC+: Attic dialect pluperfect ἐκεκάρμην Refs 2nd c.AD+. (Cf. Sanskrit kṛṇā´ti 'wound', Latin caro: probably also ORefs 5th c.BC+ scieran, Eng. shear.):—cut short, shear, clip, especially of hair, σοί τε κόμην κερέειν (i.e. Σπερχειῷ) Refs 8th c.BC+; κ. ἐν χρ [τὰς τρίχας] crop it close, 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 Refs 8th c.BC+: absolutely, cut off one's hair, κείρασθε, συμπενθήσατ᾽ Refs 5th c.BC+ to have oneself close shorn, Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, κουρᾷ.. πενθίμῳ κεκαρμένος Refs 5th c.BC+; σύμβολον κ. half-cropped, Refs 5th c.BC+; also, of the hair, to be cut off, πλόκαμοι κερθέντες Refs 5th c.BC+
2 crop a person, σφέας αὐτοὺς καὶ τοὺς ἵππους, in sign of mourning, Refs 5th c.BC+; κεκάρθαι τὰς κεφαλάς to have their heads shorn, Refs 3rd c.BC+; shear sheep, μάχαιραι κουρίδες, αἷς κείρομεν τὰ πρόβατα καὶ τοὺς ποιμένας Refs 5th c.BC+; κείρεσθαί (tonderi) μου τὰ πρόβατα, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἀποξύρεσθαι (deglubi) βούλομαι Tiber. cited in Refs 2nd c.AD+; τὸ μὲν [καρῆναι] ἐπὶ προβάτων τιθέασι καὶ ἐπὶ ἀτίμου κουρᾶς Refs 2nd c.AD+; but τῶν Ἀργείων ἐπὶ πένθει καρέντων Plu.[same place]; τῷ σε χρὴ δρεπάνοισι καὶ οὐ ψαλίδεσσι καρῆναι Refs 4th c.AD+
3 metaphorically, 'fleece', plunder, τὴν μάμμην Refs 3rd c.BC+
II cut down, δοῦρ᾽ ἐλάτης κέρσαντες Refs 8th c.BC+; crop close, opposed to ἐπιτέμνειν, Refs 4th c.BC+; pluck, ἄνθη Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 ravage a country, especially by cutting down crops and fruit-trees, τὸ πεδίον Refs 5th c.BC+; τὴν γῆν Refs 5th c.BC+; destroy, πόλιν Refs 3rd c.BC+ P.; also, clear, of pioneers, ὄρος Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, of a country, to be ravaged, καρῆναι Refs 3rd c.BC+ —middle, χθὼν πεύκας κειραμένη having its pine-trees cut down, Refs 1st c.AD+ had her glory shorn off, epigram cited in Refs 2nd c.AD+; Ἄρης νυχίαν πλάκα κερσάμενος having had the plain swept clean (by destroying the men), Refs 4th c.BC+
II.3 ἔκειρε πολύκερων φόνον slaughtered many a horned beast by hewing, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4 hew, carve, ἐπίβασιν Refs
II.5 cut through transversely, opposed to σχίζειν (slit longitudinally), φλέβα Refs 2nd c.AD+
III generally, destroy, consume:
III.1 tear, eat greedily, of beasts, κείρει τ᾽ εἰσελθὼν βαθὺ λήϊον [ὄνος] Refs 8th c.BC+; of fish, δημὸν.. ἐπινεφρίδιον κείροντες Refs; of vultures, ἧπαρ ἔκειρον Refs 8th c.BC+
III.2 metaphorically, waste, devour, ἐκείρετε πολλὰ καὶ ἐσθλὰ κτήματ᾽ ἐμά Refs 8th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.