ἀποκόπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[cut off]], [[hew off]], freq. in Hom., of men's limbs, κάρη ἀπέκοψε Il.11.261; <b class="b3">ἀπό τ' αὐχένα κόψας</b> 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 πείσματ' ἔκοψα νεός Od.10.127; <b class="b3">ἀΐξας ἀπέκοψε παρήορον</b> 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; <b class="b3">ἀ. τὴν χεῖρα</b> [[have]] it [[cut off]], Hdt.6.114; <b class="b3">ἀ. τὰ γεννητικά</b>, of [[eunuch]]s, 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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., ἀπ' 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.<br><span class="bld">3</span> especially of [[voice]] or [[breath]], [[cut short]], τὸν τοῦ πνεύματος τόνον [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''14, cf. 22:—Pass., ἀποκέκοπταί τινι ἡ φωνή Plu.''Dem.''25, cf. Dsc.''Eup.''1.85.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of literary periods or phrases, [[bring to an abrupt close]], δεῖ τῆ μακρᾶ ἀποκόπτεσθαι Arist.''Rh.'' 1409a19, cf. Demetr.''Eloc.''18,238.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Gramm., in Pass., to [[be cut short]] by [[ἀποκοπή]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]), Eust.487.10, ''EM''609.54.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[abstract]] an idea or word from its context, τὸ ἀγαθὸς ἀποκοπέν Anon.''in SE''57.31.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τόπου</b> [[beat off]] from a strong place, of soldiers, X.''An.''3.4.39, 4.2.10.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Med., [[smite the breast in mourning]]: c. acc., [[mourn]] for, νεκρόν E.''Tr.''628.