κατα-κόπτω,
cut down, fell, of trees, in passive, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 3.15.1, “CP” 2.15.4, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__2 cut in pieces, cut up, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.48, 73, 2.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1688 (_passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; κρέα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 301c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατακοπείς cut in pieces, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.92. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 cut down, massacre, butcher, [[ [prev. author] 6.75, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ὥσπερ βόες κατεκόπησαν [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.235S. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__4 in a military sense, cut in pieces, 'cut up', τὴν μόραν [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 13.22 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, κατακοπῆναι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.2.25; κατακεκόψεσθαι [prev. work] 1.5.16. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 κ. πληγαῖς τινα [[ “PLips.” 37.20 (4th c.AD), etc. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__6 generally, break in pieces, destroy, στεφάνους [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.70; κέραμον 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.25.3 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἔρια ὑπὸ τῶν σέων κατακοπτόμενα fretted in pieces, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 730, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 1: _metaphorically_, κ. τὴν ἀρχήν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 30; κατακέκοπταί οἱ τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς γαῦρον [prev. author] 2.762f ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατεκόπημεν ἄν we should have been made mince-meat of, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 35. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]