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