athetize

(ˈæθəˌtaɪz) or

athetise

vb (tr)

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) to reject as not genuine

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Given the argument in the scholia--that Odyssey 11.38-43 is aoupcpcovov with the following lines--Africanus's revision of the passage to include 38-43 but athetize 44-7 reads as a response to Zenodotus's and Aristophanes' observations.

Illusions and vanishing acts: Homeric recension, athetesis, and magic in P. Oxy 412 (PGM XXIII)

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"Psychotic," here, is just a synonym for "wacky"--a word to athetize people who can't be understood without the expense of further attention.