ἀνα-κόπτω,
drive back, push back, θυρέων δ᾽ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆας[[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 21.47. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 beat back an assailant, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.12, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 38. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 ἀ. ναῦν check a ship's course, variant in [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 25.2. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 return food, διὰ ῥινῶν, εἰς τὰς ῥῖνας, [[ 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus in “Rh.Mus.” 58.86, 90 and 96, compare 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.6. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II knock out, τὰς ὄψεις ἀνακοπείς[[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Her.Prooem.” 2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.2 cut from below, [[ 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 9.18. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__II.3 beat up eggs, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.222, “PMag.Lond.” 121.180. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III check, stop, ἦχον[[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 22; προσδοκίαν 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Pietate - Herkulanische Studien” 25; ἀοιδήν 5th-6th c.AD: Coluthus Epicus 125] Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, to be stopped, restrained, τῆς ὁρμῆς[[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 57, compare “PFlor.” 36.3] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; stop short in a speech, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 35. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]