A.cut down, fell, of trees, in Pass., Thphr.HP3.15.1, CP2.15.4, etc.
2. cut in pieces, cut up, Hdt.1.48,73, 2.42, Ar.Av.1688 (Pass.), etc.; “κρέα” Pl.Euthd.301c; κατακοπείς cut in pieces, Hdt.8.92.
4. in a military sense, cut in pieces, 'cut up', “τὴν μόραν” D.13.22:—Pass., “κατακοπῆναι” X.An.1.2.25; κατακεκόψεσθαι ib.1.5.16.
6. generally, break in pieces, destroy, “στεφάνους” D. 22.70; “κέραμον” Plb.5.25.3; ἔρια ὑπὸ τῶν σέων κατακοπτόμενα fretted in pieces, Ar.Lys.730, cf. Luc.Ind.1: metaph., “κ. τὴν ἀρχήν” Plu. Demetr.30; “κατακέκοπταί οἱ τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς γαῦρον” Id.2.762f; κατεκόπημεν ἄν we should have been made mince-meat of, Pl.Com.35.
7. weary, bore, Anaxipp.1.23, Men.Sam.70,77.
8. Rhet., λέξις -κεκομμένη 'staccato', jerky composition, Demetr.Eloc.4.
9. in Med., μαστοὺς κατεκόψατο, in vehement grief, Epigr.Gr.316 (Smyrna).