ἐκκόπτ-ω,
cut out, knock out, τοὺς γομφίους [[ 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 68; τῶν ἑρπετῶν ἐξέκοψε τὸ φθέγμα 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Iambi” 1.163:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, ἢν..τωφθαλμὼ᾽ κκοπῇς have your eyes knocked out, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 342; τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἐκκεκομμένος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.67 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξεκέκοπτο τὴν φωνήν had lost his voice, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 16. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 cut [trees] out of a wood, fell, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.37 (_passive_), 9.97, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.99, etc.; δένδρα ἐκκεκόφασι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.5.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παράδεισον laid waste the park, [[ [prev. author] “An.” 1.4.10; χωρία 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 8.87; νήσους καὶ πόλεις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 24: hence, ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__2.b metaphorically, cut off, make an end of, τοὺς ἄνδρας [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.110 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. φενακισμόν, ἱεροσυλίαν, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 2.4, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 8.39 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; eradicate abuses, [[ “OGI” 669.64 (Egypt, 1st c.AD) ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὴν αἰσθητικὴν ἐνέργειαν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 656b5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; extirpate, [λύπας] [[ 2nd c.AD: Diogenes Oenoandensis Epicureus 2 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, ἡ θρασύτης ἐξεκέκοπτο [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Charmides” 155c. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2.c ἐ. πλοῖα scuttle ships, [[ “IG” 12(7).386.9 (from Amorgos). ] Refs]