ἀποκόπτω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cut off, hew off</b>, freq. in Hom., of men's limbs, κάρη ἀπέκοψε <span class="bibl">Il.11.261</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπό τ' αὐχένα κόψας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">146</span>, al.; in Prose, χεῖρας ἀ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.91</span>, etc.; ἀγκύρας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.6.21</span>; γεφύρας <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Nic.</span>26</span>; <b class="b2">amputate</b>, Archig. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.47.13.2</span>; νηῶν ἀποκόψειν ἄκρα κόρυμβα <span class="bibl">Il.9.241</span>; ἀπὸ πείσματ' ἔκοψα νεός <span class="bibl">Od.10.127</span>; <b class="b3">ἀΐξας ἀπέκοψε παρήορον</b> he <b class="b2">cut loose</b> the trace-horse, <span class="bibl">Il.16.474</span>:—Pass., <b class="b3">ἀποκεκόψονται</b>, of buds, <b class="b2">will be cut off</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>1125</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">M.Ant.11.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. τὴν χεῖρα</b> <b class="b2">have</b> it <b class="b2">cut off</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.114</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ.τὰ γεννητικά</b>, of eunuchs, <span class="bibl">Ph.1.89</span>: abs., ἀποκεκομμένος <b class="b2">eunuch</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">De.</span>23.1</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Eun.</span>8</span>:—Med., <b class="b2">make oneself a eunuch</b>, Ep.Gal.5.12, cf. <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.20.19</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> metaph., ἀπ' ἐλπίδα φημὶ κεκόφθαι ναυτιλίης νόστου τε <span class="bibl">A.R.4.1272</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.3.63.8</span>; ἔλεον <span class="bibl">D.S.13.23</span>; ἀ. τὸ ἀμφίβολον τῆς γνώμης <b class="b2">decide summarily</b>, <span class="bibl">Alciphr.1.8</span>; also ἀποκοπῆναι τῆς ἐλπίδος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pyrrh.</span>2</span>; διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀποκόπτειν τὴν πολυχρόνιον ζωήν <b class="b2">exclude from the reckoning, despair of</b>, Phld.<span class="title">Herc.</span>1251.22; <b class="b2">reject, exclude</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Sign.</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl">D.3.13</span>:—Med., dub.in <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Mort.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> esp. of voice or breath, <b class="b2">cut short</b>, τὸν τοῦ πνεύματος τόνον <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">22</span>:—Pass., ἀποκέκοπταί τινι ἡ φωνή <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dem.</span>25</span>, cf. Dsc.<span class="title">Eup.</span>1.85. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of literary periods or phrases, <b class="b2">bring to an abrupt close</b>, δεῖ τῆ μακρᾶ -κόπτεσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span> 1409a19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>18</span>,<span class="bibl">238</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> Gramm., in Pass., <b class="b2">to be cut short by</b> <b class="b3">ἀποκοπή</b> (q.v.), <span class="bibl">Eust.487.10</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>609.54</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">abstract</b> an idea or word from its context, τὸ ἀγαθὸς ἀποκοπέν Anon.<span class="title">in SE</span>57.31. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τόπου</b> <b class="b2">beat off from</b> a strong place, of soldiers, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.4.39</span>, <span class="bibl">4.2.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Med., <b class="b2">smite the breast in mourning</b>: c. acc., <b class="b2">mourn for</b>, νεκρόν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>628</span>.</span>