ἀπο-κοπή,ἡ, (ἀποκόπτω)
A. cutting off,
κρατός
A. Supp. 841
, cf. Hp. Mochl. 34 ;lopping offa shootfor grafting,
M.Ant. 11.8 : Medic.,amputation,
Archig. ap. Orib. 47.13.3 ;stoppage,
ἐμμηίνων
Sor. 1.26
.
2. πεδίων ἀ.,prob.theirabrupt terminations,
Plu. Phil. 4 , cf. Gp. 12.41.1 .
3. φωνῆς ἀ. lossof voice, Dsc. 2.120 , cf. Gal. 13.31 .
II. ἀποκοπαζ χρεῶν cancellingof all debts, And. 1.88 , Pl. R. 566a , Jusj. ap. D. 24.149 , etc.
III. abruptness,esp. of literary style, Demetr. Eloc. 238 ;ἀ. ῥυθμοῦ brokenrhythm, ib. 6 ; ἐξ ἀποκοπῆς abruptly,