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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

  • ἔστρωσαν δὲ καὶ τὰσ κατὰ τὴν χώραν ὁδούσ, προσθέντεσ ἐκκοπάσ τε λόφων καὶ ἐγχώσεισ κοιλάδων, ὥστε τὰσ ἁρμαμάξασ δέχεσθαι πορθμείων φορτία· (Strabo, Geography, book 5, chapter 3 16:3)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἐκκοπὰσ δένδρων ἐπεποίηντο συνεχεῖσ καὶ λίθων πλήθη μεγέθει διαφερόντων συνηθροίκεισαν· (Polybius, Histories, book 10, chapter 30 3:1)

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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