ἐγκόπτω,
knock in, πάτταλον [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.7.6 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; χιλίας (i.e. πληγὰς) ἐς τὸ νῶτον ἐγκόψαι [[ 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 5.33. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 engrave, τὸ ψήφισμα ἐς στήλην [[ “SIG” 279.33 (from Zelea)] Refs]:—middle, [[ “IG” 12(3).536 (from Thera). ] Refs]
__3 incise, [[ 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1.141 (_passive_). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II oppose, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 13; λόγον λόγῳ 6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus “in Aristotelis Meteora commentaria - pars” 125.9. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III check, hold the breath, [[ 2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.69 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: generally, hinder, thwart, τισί [[ “Sammelb.” 4305 ] Refs]; τῇ δικαιοδοσίᾳ falsa lectio in [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 23.1.12 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; delay, [[ NT.Acts.24.4] NT]:—passive, ἐνεκοπτόμην τοῦ ἐλθεῖν [[ NT.Rom.15.22, compare 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 19. ] NT+3rd c.AD+]
__IV intransitive, come to a stop, [[Vett. Val. 260.24. ] Refs]