παρα-κόπτω (parakopto)

Where it lives

Knights 2 · 2.25/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
Clouds 1 · 1.04/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

παρα-κόπτω · para-koptō — LSJ

strike falsely, counterfeit, falsify, base coin

strike falsely, counterfeit, prop. of money, D.S. 1.78 : generally, falsify, Luc. Lex. 20; κίβδηλα καὶ νόθα καὶ παρακεκομμένα Id. Ind. 2 ; opp. δόκιμα and ἀκίβδηλα, Id. Hist.Conscr. 10, Herm. 68 ; ἀνδράρια μοχθηρά, παρακεκομμένα knavish manikins, base coin, Ar. Ach. 517.

2 cheat, swindle out of, cheat, to be cheated

Med., cheat or swindle out of a thing, οἵων ἀγαθῶν παρεκόπτου Id. Eq. 807; simply, cheat, τινα ib. 859:—Pass., to be cheated, παρεκόπην διχοινίκῳ Id. Nu. 640.

II strike, awry, drive mad, derange

metaph., strike the mind awry, drive mad, derange, π. φρένας E. Hipp. 238 ; παρακεκομμένος τὸν νοῦν Sch.rec. A. Pr. 581, cf. Phot. s.v.

2 to be deranged, go mad, in a fit of madness, wrongheadedly

intr., to be deranged, τοῦ νοῦ παρακόπτοντος Hp. Aff. 10 ; παρακόψαι τῇ διανοίᾳ go mad, Arist. Mir. 832b17 : abs., παρακόψας in a fit of madness, D.L. 4.44, cf. D.S. 5.50 : so in pres., παρακόπτων Plu. Sollert. 2.963e, Col. 1123f; -κόψας wrongheadedly, Phld. Oec. p.10 J.

III cut in pieces, cut pieces off

cut in pieces, μέλη -κεκομμένα Plb. 10.15.5 ; cut pieces off (sc. τῆς πυέλου), Arr. An. 6.29.9.

IV cut across

cut across a neck of land, ἐπικαρσίᾳ τάφρῳ J. BJ 4.1.1.

In the wild

παρεκόπης · parekopēs Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1252–1253
παρακεκομμένα · parakekommena Aristophanes, Acharnians *dikaio/polos.515 (DIORISIS sentence 404)
παρεκόπην · parekopēn Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 471)
παρεκόπτου · parekoptou Aristophanes, Knights 805 (DIORISIS sentence 582)
παρεκόπτου · parekoptou Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 613)
παρακόπτειν · parakoptein Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1376)

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Where it came from

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