ἀποκοπή: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[ἀποκόπτω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[cutting off]], κρατός A.''Supp.''841, cf. Hp.''Mochl.''34; [[lopping off]] a shoot for [[graft]]ing, M.Ant.11.8: Medic., [[amputation]], Archig. ap. Orib.47.13.3; [[stoppage]], ἐμμηίνων Sor.1.26.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">πεδίων ἀποκοπή</b>, prob. their [[abrupt]] [[termination]]s, Plu.''Phil.''4, cf. ''Gp.''12.41.1.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[φωνῆς ἀποκοπή]] = [[loss]] of [[voice]], Dsc.2.120, cf. Gal.13.31.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[ἀποκοπὴ χρεῶν]] = [[cancelling of all debts]], And.1.88, Pl.''R.''566a, Jusj. ap. D.24.149, etc.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[abruptness]], especially of literary style, Demetr.''Eloc.''238; [[ἀποκοπὴ ῥυθμοῦ]] = [[broken]] [[rhythm]], ib.6; [[ἐξ ἀποκοπῆς]] = [[abruptly]], D.H.''Th.''52; also of [[disease]], <b [[ἐξ ἀποκοπῆς λυθῆναι]] to [[be suddenly cured]], Gal.7.441.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[section]], [[extract]], λόγου Tryph.''Trop.''7.<br><span class="bld">V</span> in Gramm., [[apocope]], [[cutting off]] of one or more letters, esp. at the end of a word, Arist.''Po.''1458b2 (pl.), cf. A.D.''Synt.''6.11; [[κατ' ἀποκοπήν]] Str.8.5.3; also of elliptical expressions, such as <b class="b3">νὴ τόν</b>, Ph.2.271.