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ἐκκοπή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐκκοπή

Structure: ἐκκοπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from e)kko/ptw

Sense

  1. a cutting out

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὁ δὲ Κλεομένησ προσδοκῶν τὴν ἔφοδον τὰσ μὲν ἄλλασ τὰσ εἰσ τὴν χώραν εἰσβολὰσ ἠσφαλίσατο φυλακαῖσ καὶ τάφροισ καὶ δένδρων ἐκκοπαῖσ, αὐτὸσ δὲ κατὰ τὴν Σελλασίαν καλουμένην μετὰ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ ἐστρατοπέδευε, τῆσ πάσησ ὑπαρχούσησ αὐτῷ στρατιᾶσ εἰσ δύο μυριάδασ, στοχαζόμενοσ ἐκ τῶν κατὰ λόγον ταύτῃ ποιήσασθαι τοὺσ ὑπεναντίουσ τὴν εἰσβολήν· (Polybius, Histories, book 2, chapter 65 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. a cutting out

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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