ἐκκοπ-ή,ἡ,
A. cutting out,
ὀφθαλμῶν
Phld. Ir. p.33
W. ;excisionof ribs, Heliod. ap. Orib. 44.11 tit.
2. mutilation,
ἐ. μελῶν
Vett.Val. 110.10
(pl.).
3. chiselling out, erasure,
γραμμάτων
SIG 252.41
(Delph.,iv B.C.) ; of an arrow-point from a bone, Plu. Alex. 63 .
II. cutting down, felling,
δένδρων
Plb. 2.65.6
(pl.), cf. BGU 1121.27
(i B.C.), etc. ;ἐκκοπαὶ λόφων levellingof hills, Str. 5.3.8 ; ἐ. πυλῶν