ἀποκόπτω

apokopto

cut off, hew off

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

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Parts of Animals 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 9 654a32–655b27

655a34
Book III 2
Chapter 10 672b10–673a31

673a14
673a20
History of Animals 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 8 516b31–517a5

516b33
Book VI 1
Chapter 12 566b2–567a16

566b25
Progression of Animals 1
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Chapter 19 714b8–23

714b11
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 165 846b18–21

846b19
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1348b25
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 8 1408b21–1409a21

1409a19

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀποκόπτω, A. cut off, hew off, freq. in Hom., of menʼs limbs, κάρη ἀπέκοψε Il. 11.261; ἀπό τʼ αὐχένα κόψας ib.146, al.; in Prose, χεῖρας ἀ. Hdt. 6.91, etc.; ἀγκύρας X. HG 1.6.21; γεφύρας Plu. Nic. 26; amputate, Archig. ap. Orib. 47.13.2; νηῶν ἀποκόψειν ἄκρα κόρυμβα Il. 9.241; ἀπὸ πείσματʼ ἔκοψα νεός Od. 10.127; ἀΐξας ἀπέκοψε παρήορον he cut loose the trace-horse, Il. 16.474:—Pass., ἀποκεκόψονται, of buds, will be cut off, Ar. Nu. 1125, cf. M.Ant. 11.8; ἀ. τὴν χεῖρα have it cut off, Hdt. 6.114; ἀ.τὰ γεννητικά, of eunuchs, Ph. 1.89: abs., ἀποκεκομμένος eunuch, LXXDe. 23.1, cf.Luc. Eun. 8:—Med., make oneself a eunuch, Ep.Gal. 5.12, cf. Arr. Epict. 2.20.19. 2. metaph., ἀπʼ ἐλπίδα φημὶ κεκόφθαι ναυτιλίης νόστου τε A.R. 4.1272, cf. Plb. 3.63.8; ἔλεον D.S. 13.23; ἀ. τὸ ἀμφίβολον τῆς γνώμης decide summarily, Alciphr. 1.8; also ἀποκοπῆναι τῆς ἐλπίδος Plu. Pyrrh. 2; διὰ τὸ μὴ ἀποκόπτειν τὴν πολυχρόνιον ζωήν exclude from the reckoning, despair of, Phld. Herc. 1251.22; reject, exclude, Id. Sign. 7, D. 3.13:—Med., dub.in Phld. Mort. 23. 3. esp. of voice or breath, cut short, τὸν τοῦ πνεύματος τόνον D.H. Comp. 14, cf. 22:—Pass., ἀποκέκοπταί τινι ἡ φωνή Plu. Dem. 25, cf. Dsc. Eup. 1.85. 4. of literary periods or phrases, bring to an abrupt close, δεῖ τῆ μακρᾶ -κόπτεσθαι Arist. Rh. 1409a19, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 18,238. 5. Gramm., in Pass., to be cut short by ἀποκοπή (q.v.), Eust. 487.10, EM 609.54. 6. abstract an idea or word from its context, τὸ ἀγαθὸς ἀποκοπέν Anon. in SE 57.31. II. ἀ. τινὰ ἀπὸ τόπου beat off from a strong place, of soldiers, X. An. 3.4.39, 4.2.10. III. Med., smite the breast in mourning: c. acc., mourn for, νεκρόν E. Tr. 628.

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