A.incision, Gal.7.38; fracture of skull, Sor.Fract.3, cf. Heliod. ap. Orib.46.12.1.
2. steps cut in the wall of wells, etc., Ael.Dion.Fr. 90.
II. hindrance, “οἴησις προκοπῆς ἐ.” Heraclit. 131, cf. Phld.D.3.6, 1 Ep.Cor.9.12, Vett. Val.2.7 (pl.); material obstacle, D.S.1.32; interruption, check, “τῆς ἁρμονίας” D.H. Comp.22; “τοῦ λόγου” Aristid.Rh.2p.514S., cf. Iamb.Protr.21; κατ᾽ ἐγκοπάς disjointedly, Longin.41.3.