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ἐκκόπτ-ω ,
A.cut out, knock out,τοὺς γομφίουςPhryn.Com.68 ; “τῶν ἑρπετῶν ἐξέκοψε τὸ φθέγμαCall.Iamb.1.163 :—Pass., ἢν..τωφθαλμὼ᾽ κκοπῇς have your eyes knocked out, Ar.Av.342 ; “τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἐκκεκομμένοςD.18.67 ; ἐξεκέκοπτο τὴν φωνήν had lost his voice, Luc.JTr.16.
2. cut [trees] out of a wood, fell, Hdt.6.37 (Pass.), 9.97, Th.6.99, etc. ; “δένδρα ἐκκεκόφασιX.HG6.5.37 ; παράδεισον laid waste the park, Id.An.1.4.10 ; “χωρίαD.H.8.87 ; “νήσους καὶ πόλειςPlu.Pomp.24 : hence,
b. metaph., cut off, make an end of,τοὺς ἄνδραςHdt.4.110 ; . φενακισμόν, ἱεροσυλίαν, Din.2.4, Is.8.39 ; eradicate abuses, OGI669.64 (Egypt, i A.D.) ; “τὴν αἰσθητικὴν ἐνέργειανArist.PA656b5 ; extirpate, [λύπας] Diog.Oen.2 :—Pass., “ θρασύτης ἐξεκέκοπτοPl.Chrm.155c.
c. . πλοῖα scuttle ships, IG12(7).386.9 (Amorgos).
3. as military term, beat off, repulse,τὰς ἀκροβολίσειςX.Cyr.6.2.15 ; “τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ λόφῳId.HG7.4.26.
4. win, in throwing the dice, Alex.44, Menecr.ID.:— Pass., to be ruined at play, Hsch.
5.. θύραςbreak open, Lys.3.6 ; “οἰκίαν .Plb.4.3.10.
6. cut out or erase an inscription, SIG38.38 (Teos, V B.C.), Arist.Rh.1400a33 ; “οὐδενὶ ἐξέσται..γράμμα ἐκκόψαιCIG3028 (Ephesus), al. ; “. τὴν χεῖραEv.Matt.5.30 ; cut out, as a surgeon does, Luc.Cat.24.
7. coin, stamp money, D.S.11.26.
b. metaph., φαντασίαν . ὡς.. Phld.Lib.p.56 O. ; γένη οὐκ ἐκκοπτόμενα ἰδίοις τέλεσι genders not marked by different terminations, A.D. Synt.104.23 ; . ἀναφθέγματα coin expressions, Phld.D.3.14.
8. hinder, bring to a stop, PAlex.4.1 (iii B.C.), Vett.Val.268.6.
II. intr., pause, come to a stop, Id.260.24.
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    • Aristophanes, Birds, 342
    • Demosthenes, On the Crown, 67
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 11.26
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.110
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.37
    • Herodotus, Histories, 9.97
    • Isaeus, Ciron, 39
    • Lysias, Against Simon, 6
    • New Testament, Matthew, 5.30
    • Plato, Charmides, 155c
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.99
    • Xenophon, Anabasis, 1.4.10
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 6.2.15
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 7.4.26
    • Xenophon, Hellenica, 6.5.37
    • Polybius, Histories, 4.3.10
    • Plutarch, Pompey, 24
    • Lucian, Cataplus, 24
    • Lucian, Juppiter trageodeus, 16
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 8.87
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