A.cut out, knock out, “τοὺς γομφίους” Phryn.Com.68 ; “τῶν ἑρπετῶν ἐξέκοψε τὸ φθέγμα” Call.Iamb.1.163 :—Pass., ἢν..τωφθαλμὼ᾽ κκοπῇς have your eyes knocked out, Ar.Av.342 ; “τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἐκκεκομμένος” D.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 ἐκκεκόφασι” X.HG6.5.37 ; παράδεισον laid waste the park, Id.An.1.4.10 ; “χωρία” D.H.8.87 ; “νήσους καὶ πόλεις” Plu.Pomp.24 : hence,
b. metaph., cut off, make an end of, “τοὺς ἄνδρας” Hdt.4.110 ; ἐ. φενακισμόν, ἱεροσυλίαν, Din.2.4, Is.8.39 ; eradicate abuses, OGI669.64 (Egypt, i A.D.) ; “τὴν αἰσθητικὴν ἐνέργειαν” Arist.PA656b5 ; extirpate, [λύπας] Diog.Oen.2 :—Pass., “ἡ θρασύτης ἐξεκέκοπτο” Pl.Chrm.155c.
3. as military term, beat off, repulse, “τὰς ἀκροβολίσεις” X.Cyr.6.2.15 ; “τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ λόφῳ” Id.HG7.4.26.
4. win, in throwing the dice, Alex.44, Menecr.ID.:— Pass., to be ruined at play, Hsch.
6. cut out or erase an inscription, SIG38.38 (Teos, V B.C.), Arist.Rh.1400a33 ; “οὐδενὶ ἐξέσται..γράμμα ἐκκόψαι” CIG3028 (Ephesus), al. ; “ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα” Ev.Matt.5.30 ; cut out, as a surgeon does, Luc.Cat.24.
7. coin, stamp money, D.S.11.26.
b. metaph., φαντασίαν ἐ. ὡς.. Phld.Lib.p.56 O. ; γένη οὐκ ἐκκοπτόμενα ἰδίοις τέλεσι genders not marked by different terminations, A.D. Synt.104.23 ; ἐ. 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.