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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">cutting up into small pieces</b>, Plu.2.912e, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1654.6</span> (ii A.D.), Sch.<span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Vit.Auct.</span>19</span>; <b class="b2">cutting of metal into pieces</b> for coinage, <span class="title">Peripl.M.Rubr.</span>6: metaph., <b class="b2">extreme conciseness</b>, opp. <b class="b3">συντομία, ἡ ἄγαν τῆς φράσεως σ</b>. Longin.42. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Gramm., <b class="b2">syncope</b>, i.e. <b class="b2">cutting</b> a word <b class="b2">short by striking out one</b> or <b class="b2">more letters</b>, <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Adv.</span>169.15</span>, al., Plu.2.1011e; κατὰ συγκοπὴν καλεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rom.</span> 11</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> = [[ἀποκοπή]] v, Longin.39.4. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">stoppage, cutting short</b>, <b class="b3">ἡ τοῦ πνεύματος σ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>15</span>; <b class="b3">αἱ σ. τῶν ἤχων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">22</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">sudden loss of strength, syncope</b>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SA</span>2.3</span>, Gal.9.290, 10.837, Philagr. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.5.21.7</span>; cf. σύγκοπος, συγκόπτω <span class="bibl">111</span>.</span>