ἐκκόπτω

ekkopto

cut out, knock out

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

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On Divination in Sleep 1
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Chapter 2 463b12–464b18

464b16
History of Animals 1
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Book VI 1
Chapter 18 571b3–573b16

573b14
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 100 838b12–29

838b27
Parts of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 10 655b28–657a11

656b5
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1400a34

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκκόπτω, A. 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 [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. 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. ἐ. πλοῖα scuttle ships, IG 12(7).386.9 (Amorgos). 3. as military term, beat off, repulse, τὰς ἀκροβολίσεις X. Cyr. 6.2.15 ; τοὺς ἐπὶ τῷ λόφῳ Id. HG 7.4.26. 4. win, in throwing the dice, Alex. 44, Menecr.ID.:— Pass., to be ruined at play, Hsch. 5. ἐ. θύρας break open, Lys. 3.6 ; οἰκίαν ἐ. Plb. 4.3.10. 6. 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 money, D.S. 11.26. b. 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, PAlex. 4.1 (iii B.C.), Vett.Val. 268.6. II. intr., pause, come to a stop, Id. 260.24.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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