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ἐγκοπ-ή

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incision, fracture, steps

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Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ἐγκοπ-ή · enkop-ē — LSJ

incision, fracture

incision, Gal. 7.38; fracture of skull, Sor. Fract. 3, cf. Heliod. ap. Orib. 46.12.1.

2 steps

steps cut in the wall of wells, etc., Ael.Dion. Fr. 90.

II hindrance, obstacle, interruption, check, disjointedly

hindrance, οἴησις προκοπῆς ἐ. Heraclit. 131, cf. Phld. D. 3.6, 1 Ep.Cor. 9.12, Vett.Val. 2.7 (pl.); material obstacle, D.S. 1.32; interruption, check, τῆς ἁρμονίας D.H. Comp. 22; τοῦ λόγου Aristid. Rh. 2p.514S., cf. Iamb. Protr. 21; κατʼ ἐγκοπάς disjointedly, Longin. 41.3.

In the wild

ἐγκοπήν · enkopēn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3503)

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