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|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[cut out]], [[knock out]], τοὺς γομφίους <span class="bibl">Phryn.Com.68</span> ; τῶν ἑρπετῶν ἐξέκοψε τὸ φθέγμα <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Iamb.</span>1.163</span> :—Pass., <b class="b3">ἢν..τωφθαλμὼ' κκοπῇς</b> [[have]] your eyes [[knocked out]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>342</span> ; τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἐκκεκομμένος <span class="bibl">D.18.67</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐξεκέκοπτο τὴν φωνήν</b> [[had lost]] his voice, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">JTr.</span>16</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[cut]] [trees] [[out of]] a wood, [[fell]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.37</span> (Pass.), <span class="bibl">9.97</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.99</span>, etc. ; δένδρα ἐκκεκόφασι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.5.37</span> ; [[παράδεισον]] [[laid waste]] the park, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>1.4.10</span> ; χωρία <span class="bibl">D.H.8.87</span> ; νήσους καὶ πόλεις <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>24</span> : hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> metaph., [[cut off]], [[make an end of]], τοὺς ἄνδρας <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.110</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. φενακισμόν, ἱεροσυλίαν</b>, <span class="bibl">Din.2.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.8.39</span> ; [[eradicate]] abuses, <span class="title">OGI</span>669.64 (Egypt, i A.D.) ; τὴν αἰσθητικὴν ἐνέργειαν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>656b5</span> ; [[extirpate]], ([[λύπας]]) <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.2</span> :—Pass., ἡ θρασύτης ἐξεκέκοπτο <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Chrm.</span>155c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">ἐ. πλοῖα</b> [[scuttle]] ships, <span class="title">IG</span>12(7).386.9 (Amorgos). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> as military term, [[beat off]], [[repulse]], τὰς ἀκροβολίσεις <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.2.15</span> ; τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ λόφῳ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HG</span>7.4.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[win]], in throwing the dice, <span class="bibl">Alex.44</span>, Menecr.ID.:— Pass., to [[be ruined at play]], Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> ἐ. θύρας [[break open]], <span class="bibl">Lys.3.6</span> ; οἰκίαν ἐ. <span class="bibl">Plb.4.3.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[cut out]] or [[erase]] an inscription, <span class="title">SIG</span>38.38 (Teos, V B.C.), <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1400a33</span> ; οὐδενὶ ἐξέσται..γράμμα ἐκκόψαι <span class="title">CIG</span>3028 (Ephesus), al. ; ἐ. τὴν χεῖρα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>5.30</span> ; [[cut out]], as a surgeon does, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cat.</span>24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> [[coin]], [[stamp]] money, <span class="bibl">D.S.11.26</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> metaph., <b class="b3">φαντασίαν ἐ. ὡς</b>.. <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.56</span> O. ; <b class="b3">γένη οὐκ ἐκκοπτόμενα ἰδίοις τέλεσι</b> genders not [[marked]] by different terminations, <span class="bibl">A.D. <span class="title">Synt.</span>104.23</span> ; <b class="b3">ἐ. ἀναφθέγματα</b> [[coin]] expressions, Phld.<span class="title">D.</span>3.14. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">8</span> [[hinder]], [[bring to a stop]], PAlex.4.1 (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Vett.Val.268.6</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> intr., [[pause]], [[come to a stop]], <span class="bibl">Id.260.24</span>.</span>