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ἐκκόπτω 1 2 3

1.to cut out, knock out:—Pass., ἐξεκόπη τὠφθαλμώ he had both his eyes knocked out, Ar.
2.to cut [trees] out of a wood, to fell (cf. ἐκβάλλω), Hdt., Xen.; ἐκκ. τὸν παράδεισον cut down all the trees in the park, Xen.
3.metaph. to cut off, make an end of, Hdt., etc.
4.as military term, to beat off, repulse, Xen.
5.to cut off, NTest.

1 fut. ψω

2 perf. -κέκοφα

3 aor2 pass. ἐξ-εκόπην

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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