ἀπο-κόπτω,
cut off, hew off, frequently in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, of men's limbs, κάρη ἀπέκοψε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.261; ἀπό τ᾽ αὐχένα κόψας [prev. work] 146, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; in Prose, χεῖρας ἀ.[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.91, etc.; ἀγκύρας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.21; γεφύρας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 26] Refs 5th c.BC+]; amputate, [[ 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 47.13.2; νηῶν ἀποκόψειν ἄκρα κόρυμβα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.241; ἀπὸ πείσματ᾽ ἔκοψα νεός 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.127] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀΐξας ἀπέκοψε παρήορον he cut loose the trace-horse, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.474:] Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, ἀποκεκόψονται, of buds, will be cut off, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1125, compare 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 11.8] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὴν χεῖρα have it cut off, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.114] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ.τὰ γεννητικά, of eunuchs, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.89: _absolutely_, ἀποκεκομμένος ] Refs 1st c.AD+]eunuch, [[ LXX.Deu.23.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Eun.” 8] LXX+2nd c.AD+]:—middle, make oneself a eunuch, [[NT.Gal.5.12, compare 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.20.19. ] NT+2nd c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, ἀπ᾽ ἐλπίδα φημὶ κεκόφθαι ναυτιλίης νόστου τε[[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1272, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.63.8; ἔλεον 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.23] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀ. τὸ ἀμφίβολον τῆς γνώμης decide summarily, [[ 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.8; also ἀποκοπῆναι τῆς ἐλπίδος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pyrrhus” 2] Refs 1st c.AD+]; διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀποκόπτειν τὴν πολυχρόνιον ζωήν exclude from the reckoning, despair of, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.22] Refs 1st c.BC+]; reject, exclude, [[ [prev. author] “Sign.” 7, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.13] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, uncertain in [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “de Morte - Papiri Ercolanesi” 23. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]