Obs. [ad. Gr. ἀκρωτηρίασμα mutilation f. ἀκρωτηριάζειν to cut off the extremities.] Amputation of the extremities; ‘The act of cutting off the extreme parts of the body, when putrefied, by a saw.’ Chambers, Cycl. Suppl., 1753.
In Bailey, 1731, Ash, 1775.
1889. J. B. Bury, Hist. Later Rom. Emp., I. II. iv. 119, note. Philostorgius, however (xii. 3), attributes the proposal of acroteriasm [bodily mutilation] to Attalus himself.
