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ἀποκόπτω

ἀποκόπτω, to cut off, hew off

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ἀποκόψῃ aorist middle subjunctive 2nd singular, aorist active subjunctive 3rd singular, future middle indicative 2nd singular of ἀποκόπτω

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ἀπο-κόπτω,
  • cut off, hew off, freq. in Hom., of menʼs limbs, κάρη ἀπέκοψε Il. 11.261; ἀπό τʼ αὐχένα κόψας ib. 146, al.; in Prose, χεῖρας ἀ. Hdt. 6.91, etc.; ἀγκύρας X. HG 1.6.21; γεφύρας Plu. Nic. 26; amputate, Archig. ap. Orib. 47.13.2; νηῶν ἀποκόψειν ἄκρα κόρυμβα Il. 9.241; ἀπὸ πείσματʼ ἔκοψα νεός Od. 10.127; ἀΐξας ἀπέκοψε παρήορον he cut loose the trace-horse, Il. 16.474:—Pass., ἀποκεκόψονται, of buds, will be cut off, Ar. Nu. 1125, cf. M.Ant. 11.8; ἀ. τὴν χεῖρα have it cut off, Hdt. 6.114; ἀ.τὰ γεννητικά, of eunuchs, Ph. 1.89: abs., ἀποκεκομμένος eunuch, LXX De. 23.1, cf. Luc. Eun. 8:—Med., make oneself a eunuch, Ep.Gal. 5.12, cf. Arr. Epict. 2.20.19.
      • 2 metaph., ἀπʼ ἐλπίδα φημὶ κεκόφθαι ναυτιλίης νόστου τε A.R. 4.1272, cf. Plb. 3.63.8; ἔλεον D.S. 13.23; ἀ. τὸ ἀμφίβολον τῆς γνώμης decide summarily, Alciphr. 1.8; also ἀποκοπῆναι τῆς ἐλπίδος Plu. Pyrrh. 2; διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀποκόπτειν τὴν πολυχρόνιον ζωήν exclude from the reckoning, despair of, Phld. Herc. 1251.22; reject, exclude, Id. Sign. 7, D. 3.13:—Med., dub. in Phld. Mort. 23.
      • 3 esp. of voice or breath, cut short, τὸν τοῦ πνεύματος τόνον D.H. Comp. 14, cf. 22:—Pass., ἀποκέκοπταί τινι ἡ φωνή Plu. Dem. 25, cf. Dsc. Eup. 1.85.
      • 4 of literary periods or phrases, bring to an abrupt close, δεῖ τῇ μακρᾷ -κόπτεσθαι Arist. Rh. 1409a19, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 18, 238.
      • 5 Gramm., in Pass., to be cut short by ἀποκοπή (q.v.), Eust. 487.10, EM 609.54.
      • 6 abstract an idea or word from its context, τὸ ἀγαθὸς ἀποκοπέν Anon. in SE 57.31.
    • II ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τόπου beat off from a strong place, of soldiers, X. An. 3.4.39, 4.2.10.
    • III Med., smite the breast in mourning: c. acc., mourn for, νεκρόν E. Tr. 628.

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