συγκοπ-ή,ἡ,
A. cutting up into small pieces, Plu. 2.912e , POxy. 1654.6
(ii A.D.), Sch. Luc. Vit.Auct. 19 ;cutting of metal into piecesfor coinage, Peripl.M.Rubr. 6 : metaph.,extreme conciseness, opp.συντομία, ἡ ἄγαν τῆς φράσεως ς. Longin. 42 .
2. Gramm.,syncope, i.e.cuttinga wordshort by striking out oneormore letters, A.D. Adv. 169.15 , al., Plu. 2.1011e ; κατὰ συγκοπὴν καλεῖσθαι
Id. Rom. 11
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b.
= ἀποκοπή v, Longin. 39.4 .
II. stoppage, cutting short,ἡ τοῦ πνεύματος ς. D.H. Comp. 15 ;αἱ ς. τῶν ἤχωνib. 22 .
III. sudden loss of strength, syncope, Aret. SA 2.3 , Gal. 9.290 , 10.837 , Philagr. ap. Orib. 5.21.7 ; cf. σύγκοπος, συγκόπτω
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