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περικόπτω

περικόπτω, to cut all round, clip, mutilate

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περιέκοπτόν imperfect active indicative 3rd plural, imperfect active indicative 1st singular of περικόπτω

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περι-κόπτω, pf. -κέκοφα Lys. 14.42:—
  • cut all round, mutilate, τοὺς Ἑρμᾶς περιέκοπτεν D. 21.147, cf. And. 1.34, Lys. 6.51; οἱ Ἑρμαῖ περιεκόπησαν τὰ πρόσωπα Th. 6.27; π. τὰ ἀκρωτήρια τῆς Νίκης D. 24.121; τὰ παράσημα [τῆς νεώς] Plu. Them. 15; π. τὰ βιβλία cut them round the edges, Luc. Ind. 16; trim off, τὰς ἀκάνθας τὰς κύκλῳ (of fish) Alex. 133.3; prune, δένδρεα Tab.Heracl. 1.173:—Pass., to be pruned or cut away, Thphr. HP 4.16.1, 5; of fish, to be trimmed, Arist. Mir. 835219; of a statue, to be rough-hewn, Plu. Adul. 2.74d.
      • 2 lay waste (from the practice of cutting down the fruit-trees), τὰ ἐν Ἑλλησπόντῳ D. 8.9: hence, plunder a person, Id. 9.22:—Pass., PCair.Zen. 44.24, 145.4 (iii B. C.), D.H. 10, 51, Str. 11.13.2, etc.; πόλεις περικεκομμέναι χρημάτων Plu. Ant. 68: abs., π. καὶ λῃστεύειν D.S. 4.19: hence, simply, intercept, cut off, ἀγοπάς D.H. 10.43, cf. Plu. Luc. 2 (Pass.); τὰ σιτηγά Id. Mar. 42; τινῶν τὴν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς εὐπορίαν Id. Sert. 21; restrain, check, πολυπραγμοσύνην Id. Per. 21:—Pass., to be hindered, ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι Cat.Cod.Astr. 2.166.
      • 3 cut off, destroy, kill, D.H. 10.51, J. BJ 4.5.2.
      • 4 take no account of, eliminate, Gal. 9.781, Sect.Intr. 6.
      • 5 π. λογάριον close an account, PFay. 134.5 (iv A. D.).

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