cut off, hew off,
ἀπο-κόπτω,
A. cut off, hew off,freq. in Hom. , of men's limbs, κάρη ἀπέκοψε
Il. 11.261
;ἀπό τ' αὐχένα κόψαςib. 146 , al.; in Prose, χεῖρας ἀ.
Hdt. 6.91
, etc.; ἀγκύρας
X. HG 1.6.21
; γεφύρας
Plu. Nic. 26
;amputate,
Archig. ap. Orib. 47.13.2 ; νηῶν ἀποκόψειν ἄκρα κόρυμβα
Il. 9.241
; ἀπὸ πείσματ' ἔκοψα νεός
Od. 10.127
;ἀί̈ξας ἀπέκοψε παρήορονhecut loosethe trace-horse, Il. 16.474 :— Pass. ,ἀποκεκόψονται,of buds,will be cut off,
Ar. Nu. 1125 , cf. M.Ant. 11.8 ;ἀ. τὴν χεῖρα haveitcut off,
Hdt. 6.114 ;ἀ.τὰ γεννητικά,of eunuchs, Ph. 1.89 : abs., ἀποκεκομμένος eunuch,
LXX De. 23.1
, cf. Luc. Eun. 8 :— Med. ,make oneself a eunuch,
Ep.Gal. 5.12 , cf. Arr. Epict. 2.20.19 .
2. metaph., ἀπ' ἐλπίδα φημὶ κεκόφθαι ναυτιλίης νόστου τε
A.R. 4.1272
, cf. Plb. 3.63.8 ; έ̓λεον
D.S. 13.23
; ἀ. τὸ ἀμφίβολον τῆς γνώμης decide summarily,
Alciphr. 1.8
; also ἀποκοπῆναι τῆς ἐλπίδος
Plu. Pyrrh. 2
; διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀποκόπτειν τὴν πολυχρόνιον ζωήν exclude from the reckoning, despair of,
Phld. Herc. 1251.22
;reject, exclude,
Id. Sign. 7 , D. 3.13 :— Med. , dub.in Phld. Mort. 23 .
3. esp. of voice or breath,cut short,
τὸν τοῦ πνεύματος τόνον
D.H. Comp. 14
, cf. 22 :— Pass. , ἀποκέκοπταί τινι ἡ φωνή
Plu. Dem. 25
, cf. Dsc. Eup. 1.85 .
4. of literary periods or phrases,bring to an abrupt close,
δεῖ τῆ μακρᾶ -κόπτεσθαι
Arist. Rh. 1409a19
, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 18 , 238 .
5. Gramm., in Pass. ,to be cut short by ἀποκοπή(q.v.), Eust. 487.10 , EM 609.54 .
6. abstractan idea or word from its context, τὸ "ἀγαθὸς" ἀποκοπέν
Anon. in SE 57.31
.
II. ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τόπου beat off froma strong place, of soldiers, X. An. 3.4.39 , 4.2.10 .
III.
Med. ,smite the breast in mourning: c. acc.,mourn for,
νεκρόν
E. Tr. 628
.
