κείρω

κείρω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `cut (off), shave, esp. of hair, mow off, cut down, ravage' (Il.).

Other forms: Aor. κεῖραι, ep. also κέρσαι, pass. καρῆναι (καρθέντες with v. l. κερθέντες Pi. P. 4, 82), fut. κερέω, κερῶ, perf. pass. κέκαρμαι, new act. κέκαρκα (hell.),

Compounds: often with prefix, e. g. ἀπο-, δια-, περι-. Comp. ἀ-κερσε-κόμης `with uncut hair' (Υ 39), also ἀ-κειρε-κόμᾱς, -ης (Pi.); on the form Schwyzer 442, on the meaning Fink Philol. 93, 404ff.

Derivatives: 1. κέρμα n. `cut off piece, esp. small piece of money, change' (Emp. 101, 1 [not quite certain], Com., hell.) with κερμάτιον (hell.) and κερματίζω `change in small money' (Att., Arist.); from it κερματιστής `money-changer' (Ev. Jo. 2. 14), κερματισμός `cut into little bits' (Olymp.); κερματόομαι = -ίζομαι (Procl.). - 2. κορμός m. `cut off piece, bobbin, trunk' (ψ 196) with κορμίον (hell.), κορμηδόν `in pieces' (Hld.), κορμάζω `saw into pieces' (D. H.). - 3. κουρα s. v. 4. καρτός s. v. - Cf. also κόρση, κόρις, κέρτομος, 2. κέλωρ.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [938] *ker- `cut'

Etymology: κείρω from *κερ-ι̯ω (Schwyzer 715, 751, 759), belongs to a widespread IE. wordgroup; but exact agreements of the Greek verb forms. Nearest is Arm. k`erem `scratch, shave' (sec. aorist k`ere-c̣i; diff. Meillet BSL 37, 12), Alb. sh-kjer `tear apart' (pret. \>sh-kora \< IE. *kēr-); further Hitt. karšmi `cut off' (with s-enlargement as in κουρά; s. v.). Frequent are forms with initial *sk-: Germ., OHG sceran `scheren', Lith. skiriù, skìrti `separate', OIr. scar(a)im `separate'. A t-enlargement in Skt. kr̥-n-t-áti `separates' (infixed nasal present; perf. ca-kart-a); this would be possible for the aorist ἔκερσα (if \< *ἔ-κερτ-σα, Risch 219). - The number of nominal derivv. in the separate languages is enormous, partly parallel innoavtions. Thus formal agreement exists between κέρμα and Skt. cárman-, Av. čarǝman- n. `skin, hide', OPr. kērmens m. `body' (IE. *kér-men-); diff. only in ablaut betwen κορμός and OCS krъma f. `steering oar, back part of the ship', Russ. kormá `puppis'. - Further Pok. 938ff., W.-Hofmann s. carō, cēna, corium.

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