περι-κοπή,ἡ,
I. cutting all round, mutilation, e.g. of the Hermae at Athens, Th. 6.28 , And. 1.15 , Plu. Alc. 18 , etc.;loppingof a tree, Thphr. CP 5.4.7 ;dockingof hair, Plu. 2.42b ;trepanning, Id. Cat.Ma. 9 .
2. metaph.,cutting down, diminution,τῆς πολυτελείαςib. 18 , cf. 2.84a .
3. mason's work,
PTeb. 406.19
(iii A. D.).
II. outline, general formof a person or thing, Plb. 6.53.6 ;λιτὸς κατὰ τὴν π. inexternals, Id. 10.22.5 ; π. καὶ χορηγία
Id. 31.26.7
, cf. Fr. 199 , al.;π.
κόσμου καὶ θεραπαινίδων
D.S. 31.27
, cf. 32a .
III. Rhet.,section, ἡ π. ἐκ δύο κώλων καὶ τριῶν
Longin. Rh. p.193
H., cf. Hdn. Fig. p.89