3. chiselling out, erasure, “γραμμάτων” SIG252.41 (Delph., iv B.C.) ; of an arrow-point from a bone, Plu.Alex.63.
II. cutting down, felling, “δένδρων” Plb.2.65.6 (pl.), cf. BGU1121.27 (i B.C.), etc. ; ἐκκοπαὶ λόφων levelling of hills, Str. 5.3.8 ; “ἐ. πυλῶν” Onos.42.17.
III. incision, notch, mortise, Ph. Bel.65.20, Hero Aut.27.1, Bel.92.4, Ath.Mech.30.3, Sor.1.83.