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|mdlsjtxt=[from Root !κοπ]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[strike]], [[smite]], [[knock]] [[down]], Od.; κόψε μιν [[παρήιον]] smote him on the [[cheek]] Il.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to cut off, [[chop]] off, Hom., etc.; κ. δένδρα to [[fell]] trees, Thuc., etc.; κ. τὴν χώραν to cut [[down]] the trees in it, to lay it [[waste]], Xen.:—Pass., of ships, to be shattered or [[disabled]] by the [[enemy]], Thuc.:—metaph., φρενῶν κεκομμένος [[stricken]] in [[mind]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to [[hammer]], [[forge]], Hom.: to [[stamp]] [[metal]], [[coin]] [[money]], Hdt.:— Mid. to [[coin]] [[oneself]] [[money]], [[order]] to be [[coined]], Hdt.: Pass., of the [[money]], to be [[stamped]] or [[coined]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> to [[knock]] at the [[door]], Lat. pulsare, Ar., etc.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> to cut [[small]], [[chop]] up or [[pound]] in a [[mortar]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> of a [[horse]], to [[jolt]] or [[shake]] his [[rider]], Xen.<br /><b class="num">7.</b> metaph. to [[tire]] out, [[weary]], Dem.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> Mid. κόπτομαι, to [[beat]] one's [[breast]] [[through]] [[grief]], Lat. plangere, Il., Hdt., Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> κόπτεσθαί τινα to [[mourn]] for any one, Lat. plangere aliquem, Eur., etc.

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