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|Definition=pf. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> -κέκοφα Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>1.15:—[[strike upon]] (i.e. <b class="b2">from above), fell</b>, [[βοῦν]] ἐπικόψων <span class="bibl">Od.3.443</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>. later, of trees, [[lop]], [[pollard]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>5.17.3</span>; [[cut down]] brushwood, <span class="title">PLond.</span>3.1170<span class="hiitalic">B</span>26 (iii A.D.): metaph., [[cut]] <b class="b2">short, bring down from high estate</b>, τοὺς πεφρονηματισμένους <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span> 1284b2</span>; φιληδονίαν ἀκόλαστον Plu.2.529b; [[check]], [[impede]], [[πράξεις]] ib.975b; στάσιν <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.17.4</span> (Pass., <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>13</span>); [[reprove]], [[censure]], [[τινά]] Timo <span class="bibl">4</span>, <span class="bibl">Myro 2</span> J., <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cic.</span>24</span>, Philostr.V A5.35, al.; [[refute]], Phld. l.c.; δόξας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Po.</span>5.26</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span>. <b class="b3">ἐ. χαρακτῆρα</b> [[stamp]], [[coin]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Oec.</span> 1349b31</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span>. [[cut anew]], [<b class="b3">τὸν] ἀποτριβέντα [μύλον</b>] <span class="bibl">Str.15.2.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span>. Archit., [[dress]] blocks of stone, etc., κατὰ κεφαλήν <span class="title">IG</span>7.3073.183 (Lebad.), cf. ib.4255.15 (Oropus); πλίνθον <span class="title">Milet.</span>7p.59 (Didyma). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span>. Med., <b class="b2">smite one's breast, wail for</b>, τινά <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Tr.</span>627</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span>. of disease, [[afflict]], βαρύτερον <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>2.13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span>. [[injure]], αἱ ἡδοναὶ ἐ. τὴν ἰσχύν <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Gym.</span>52</span>:—Pass., -κοπεὶς τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ὑπό τινος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">VS</span>2.25.2</span>.</span>