ἐκκόπτ-ω (ekkopto)

Where it lives

Defense in the Matter of the Olive Stump 6 · 29.63/10k
Against Ergocles 1 · 10.99/10k
De Divinatione per Somnum 1 · 8.34/10k
Machabaeorum IV 4 · 5.18/10k
Apollodorus Against Nicostratus 1 · 5/10k
Against Simon 1 · 4.59/10k
Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 2 · 4.2/10k
On Halonnesus 1 · 4.11/10k
Daniel (LXX) 4 · 3.81/10k
Esdras I 3 · 3.65/10k
Romans 2 · 2.85/10k

Densest 12 of 48 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἐκκόπτ-ω · ekkopt-ō — LSJ

cut out, knock out, have, knocked out, had lost

cut out, knock out, τοὺς γομφίους Phryn.Com. 68; τῶν ἑρπετῶν ἐξέκοψε τὸ φθέγμα Call. Iamb. 1.163 :—Pass., ἢν..τωφθαλμὼʼ κκοπῇς have your eyes knocked out, Ar. Av. 342; τὸν ὀφθαλμὸν ἐκκεκομμένος D. 18.67; ἐξεκέκοπτο τὴν φωνήν had lost his voice, Luc. JTr. 16.

2 cut, out of, fell, laid waste

cut [trees] out of a wood, fell, 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,

b cut off, make an end of, eradicate, extirpate

metaph., cut off, make an end of, τοὺς ἄνδρας Hdt. 4.110; ἐ. φενακισμόν, ἱεροσυλίαν, Din. 2.4, Is. 8.39; eradicate abuses, OGI 669.64 (Egypt, i A.D.); τὴν αἰσθητικὴν ἐνέργειαν Arist. PA 656b5; extirpate, [λύπας] Diog.Oen. 2 :—Pass., ἡ θρασύτης ἐξεκέκοπτο Pl. Chrm. 155c.

c scuttle

ἐ. πλοῖα scuttle ships, IG 12(7).386.9 (Amorgos).

3 beat off, repulse

as military term, beat off, repulse, τὰς ἀκροβολίσεις X. Cyr. 6.2.15; τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ λόφῳ Id. HG 7.4.26.

4 win, to be ruined at play

win, in throwing the dice, Alex. 44, Menecr. 1 D.:— Pass., to be ruined at play, Hsch.

5 break open

ἐ. θύρας break open, Lys. 3.6; οἰκίαν ἐ. Plb. 4.3.10.

6 cut out, erase, cut out

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.

7 coin, stamp

coin, stamp money, D.S. 11.26.

b marked, coin

metaph., φαντασίαν ἐ. ὡς.. Phld. Lib. p.56 O.; γένη οὐκ ἐκκοπτόμενα ἰδίοις τέλεσι genders not marked by different terminations, A.D. Synt. 104.23; ἐ. ἀναφθέγματα coin expressions, Phld. D. 3.14.

8 hinder, bring to a stop

hinder, bring to a stop, PAlex. 4.1 (iii B.C.), Vett.Val. 268.6.

II pause, come to a stop

intr., pause, come to a stop, Id. 260.24.

In the wild

ἐκκόψειέ · ekkopseie Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 69)
ἐκκόψει · ekkopsei Aristophanes, Birds 1.1610 (DIORISIS sentence 1188)
ʼκκοπῇς · ʼkkopēis Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 307)
ἐκκοψάντων · ekkopsantōn Aristophanes, Birds (DIORISIS sentence 474)
ἐξεκόπην · exekopēn Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 21)
ἐκκεκόψεται · ekkekopsetai Aristophanes, Frogs 1223

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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