ἐκκόπτω
Ἀναβάντα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς λύπης προσκόψαντα τῷ ζῆν, ἑαυτὸν κατακρημνίσαι → For he ascended the acropolis and then, because he was disgusted with life by reason of his excessive grief, cast himself down the height
English (LSJ)
A cut out, knock out, τοὺς γομφίους Phryn.Com.68 ; τῶν ἑρπετῶν ἐξέκοψε τὸ φθέγμα Call.Iamb.1.163 :—Pass., ἢν..τωφθαλμὼ' κκοπῇς have your eyes knocked out, Ar.Av.342 ; τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἐκκεκομμένος D.18.67 ; ἐξεκέκοπτο τὴν φωνήν had lost his voice, Luc.JTr.16. 2 cut [trees] out of a wood, fell, Hdt.6.37 (Pass.), 9.97, Th.6.99, etc. ; δένδρα ἐκκεκόφασι X.HG6.5.37 ; παράδεισον laid waste the park, Id.An.1.4.10 ; χωρία D.H.8.87 ; νήσους καὶ πόλεις Plu.Pomp.24 : hence, b metaph., cut off, make an end of, τοὺς ἄνδρας Hdt.4.110 ; ἐ. φενακισμόν, ἱεροσυλίαν, Din.2.4, Is.8.39 ; eradicate abuses, OGI669.64 (Egypt, i A.D.) ; τὴν αἰσθητικὴν ἐνέργειαν Arist.PA656b5 ; extirpate, [λύπας] Diog.Oen.2 :—Pass., ἡ θρασύτης ἐξεκέκοπτο Pl.Chrm.155c. c ἐ. πλοῖα scuttle ships, IG12(7).386.9 (Amorgos). 3 as military term, beat off, repulse, τὰς ἀκροβολίσεις X.Cyr.6.2.15 ; τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ λόφῳ Id.HG7.4.26. 4 win, in throwing the dice, Alex.44, Menecr.ID.:— Pass., to be ruined at play, Hsch. 5 ἐ. θύρας break open, Lys.3.6 ; οἰκίαν ἐ. Plb.4.3.10. 6 cut out or erase an inscription, SIG38.38 (Teos, V B.C.), Arist.Rh.1400a33 ; οὐδενὶ ἐξέσται..γράμμα ἐκκόψαι CIG3028 (Ephesus), al. ; ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα Ev.Matt.5.30 ; cut out, as a surgeon does, Luc.Cat.24. 7 coin, stamp money, D.S.11.26. b metaph., φαντασίαν ἐ. ὡς.. Phld.Lib.p.56 O. ; γένη οὐκ ἐκκοπτόμενα ἰδίοις τέλεσι genders not marked by different terminations, A.D. Synt.104.23 ; ἐ. ἀναφθέγματα coin expressions, Phld.D.3.14. 8 hinder, bring to a stop, PAlex.4.1 (iii B.C.), Vett.Val.268.6. II intr., pause, come to a stop, Id.260.24.
German (Pape)
[Seite 764] aushauen, ausschlagen; ὀφθαλμόν Dem. 24, 140; ἐξεκόπην τὸν ὀφθαλμόν Ar. Nubb. 24; vgl. Aesch. 1, 172; Plut. Poplic. 16 u. a. Sp.; bei den Chirurgen = ausschneiden, vgl. Luc. Catapl. 24; umhauen, δένδρεα Her. 9, 97; τὰς ἐλάας Thuc. 6, 99; Lys. 7, 7; παράδεισον Xen. An. 1, 4, 10; – erbrechen, τὰς θύρας Lys. 3, 6; πύλας D. Sic. 14, 115; τὴν οἰκίαν Pol. 4, 3, 10; Plut. Aler. 12; – heraus-, herabwerfen, Xen. Hell. 7, 4, 32; von Soldaten, ibd. 26; τὰς ἀκροβολίσεις, zurückschlagen, Cyr. 6, 2, 15; ausrotten, tödten, ἄνδρας Her. 4, 110; λῃστάς Dem. 7, 4; oft bei Sp.; νήσους καὶ πόλεις, zerstören, Plut. Pomp. 24; χωρία D. Hal. 8, 87; ἀνθρώπους τῆς πατρίδος Plut. Cic. et Dem. 6. – Uebertr., καί μου ἡ πρόσθεν θρασύτης ἐξεκέκοπτο Plat. Charm. 155 c; φενακισμούς, vernichten, Din. 2, 4; αὐτῶν τὴν ἱεροσυλίαν Is. 8, 39; ἐκκέκομμαι τὴν φωνήν, die Stimme ist mir erloschen, Luc. Iup. trag. 16. – Bei Dem. 59, 98 = ἐκκολάπτω, austilgen, etwas in Stein Eingegrabenes. – Von Spielern, νικᾶν κύβοις, Alexis bei B. A. 92; – νόμισμα, prägen, D. Sic. 11, 26. – Bei K. S. = excommuniciren.
