συγκοπή

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A cutting up into small pieces, Plu.2.912e, POxy.1654.6 (ii A.D.), Sch.Luc.Vit.Auct.19; cutting of metal into pieces for coinage, Peripl.M.Rubr.6: metaph., extreme conciseness, opp. συντομία, ἡ ἄγαν τῆς φράσεως σ. Longin.42.    2 Gramm., syncope, i.e. cutting a word short by striking out one or more letters, A.D. Adv.169.15, al., Plu.2.1011e; κατὰ συγκοπὴν καλεῖσθαι Id.Rom. 11.    b = ἀποκοπή v, Longin.39.4.    II stoppage, cutting short, ἡ τοῦ πνεύματος σ. D.H.Comp.15; αἱ σ. τῶν ἤχων ib.22.    III sudden loss of strength, syncope, Aret.SA2.3, Gal.9.290, 10.837, Philagr. ap. Orib.5.21.7; cf. σύγκοπος, συγκόπτω 111.