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κατα-κόπτω

katakopto

cut down, fell

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Where it lives

Michaeas 2 · 8.78/10k
Sophonias 1 · 8.45/10k
Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Euthydemus 3 · 2.41/10k
Zacharias 1 · 2.07/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 1 · 1.74/10k
Paralipomenon II 3 · 1.52/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 2 · 1.5/10k
Judith 1 · 1.14/10k
Anabasis 6 · 1.07/10k
Mark 1 · 0.91/10k
Machabaeorum II 1 · 0.87/10k

Densest 12 of 25 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κατα-κόπτω · kata-koptō — LSJ

cut down, fell

cut down, fell, of trees, in Pass., Thphr. HP 3.15.1, CP 2.15.4, etc.

2 cut in pieces, cut up, cut in pieces

cut in pieces, cut up, Hdt. 1.48, 73, 2.42, Ar. Av. 1688 (Pass.), etc.; κρέα Pl. Euthd. 301c; κατακοπείς cut in pieces, Hdt. 8.92.

3 cut down, massacre, butcher

cut down, massacre, butcher, Id. 6.75, Th. 7.29:—Pass., ὥσπερ βόες κατεκόπησαν Phld. Rh. 1.235S.

4 cut in pieces, ‘cut up’

in a military sense, cut in pieces, ‘cut up’, τὴν μόραν D. 13.22:—Pass., κατακοπῆναι X. An. 1.2.25; κατακεκόψεσθαι ib. 1.5.16.

κ. πληγαῖς τινα PLips. 37.20 (iv A.D.), etc.

6 break in pieces, destroy, fretted in pieces, should have been made mince-meat of

generally, break in pieces, destroy, στεφάνους D. 22.70; κέραμον Plb. 5.25.3; ἔρια ὑπὸ τῶν σέων κατακοπτόμενα fretted in pieces, Ar. Lys. 730, cf. Luc. Ind. 1: metaph., κ. τὴν ἀρχήν Plu. Demetr. 30; κατακέκοπταί οἱ τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς γαῦρον Id. Amat. 2.762f; κατεκόπημεν ἄν we should have been made mince-meat of, Pl.Com. 35.

7 weary, bore

weary, bore, Anaxipp. 1.23, Men. Sam. 70, 77.

8 staccato’, jerky

Rhet., λέξις -κεκομμένη ‘staccato’, jerky composition, Demetr. Eloc. 4.

in Med., μαστοὺς κατεκόψατο, in vehement grief, Epigr.Gr. 316 (Smyrna).

II strike with a die, coin, into money

strike with a die, coin bullion into money, Hdt. 3.96; τὸν θρόνον ὄντα ἀργυροῦν X. HG 1.5.3; τὰς χρυσᾶς πλίνθους εἰς νόμισμα D.S. 16.56, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 281, Lib. Or. 14.45.

In the wild

κατακόπτεσθαι · katakoptesthai Aristotle, Rhetoric 3
κατακόψαντες · katakopsantes Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.5 (DIORISIS sentence 4467)
κατακοπῆναι · katakopēnai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.5 (DIORISIS sentence 7878)
κατακοπησόμενα · katakopēsomena Epictetus, Discourses 2.20 (DIORISIS sentence 3195)
κατακοπέντα · katakopenta Epictetus, Discourses 4.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6158)
κατακόψαντας · katakopsantas Herodotus, Histories 1.207.6 (DIORISIS sentence 1489)

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