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ἀντι-κόπτω ,
A.cut down mutually,ἀλλήλουςD.C.43.37 (nisi leg. ἀνακ-).
II. beat back, resist,
1. in a physical sense, c. acc., “ὁκόταν νέφεα . . ἀντικόψῃ πνεῦμα ἐναντίονHp.Aeër. 8: abs., “ὅταν πνεῦμα ἀντικόπτῃ νότιονArist.HA599a1, cf. PA642b1; check growth,ὅταν ἀντικόψῃ χειμώνThphr.CP1.12.6, cf. Epicur. Ep.1p.11U., al.:—in Pass., meet with resistance, Id.Nat.Herc.908.2; , ἀλλήλοις, of winds, Thphr.Vent.53.
2. of persons, “ δὲ Θηραμένης ἀντέκοπτε λέγων . .X.HG2.3.15, cf. Aristid. Or.43(1).10: c. dat, Phld.Vit.pp 9,25J.
3. of things, ἤν τι ἀντικόψῃ if there be any hindrance, X.HG2.3.31; πυκνότης . πρὸς τοῦτο militates against this, Demetr.Lac.Herc.1055.18.
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    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 2.3.15
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 2.3.31
    • Cassius Dio, Historia Romana, 43.37
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