Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἐπίκοπος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίκοπος ἐπίκοπον

Structure: ἐπικοπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from e)piko/ptw

Sense

  1. fit for cutting, a chopping-block

Examples

  • Μένιπποσ οὑτοσὶ λαβὼν πέλεκυν τῶν ναυπηγικῶν ἀποκόψει αὐτὸν ἐπικόπῳ τῇ ἀποβάθρᾳ χρησάμενοσ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 17:6)

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

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