κατα-κόπτω,
I
1. cut down, fell, of trees, in Pass., Thphr. HP 3.15.1, CP 2.15.4, etc.
2. cut in pieces, cut up, Hdt. 1.48, 73, 2.42, Ar. Av. 1688 (Pass.), etc.; κρέα Pl. Euthd. 301c; κατακοπείς cut in pieces, Hdt. 8.92.
3. cut down, massacre, butcher, Id. 6.75, Th. 7.29: - Pass., ὥσπερ βόες κατεκόπησαν Phld. Rh. 1.235S.
4. in a military sense, cut in pieces, ’cut up ’, τὴν μόραν D. 13.22: - Pass., κατακοπῆναι X. An. 1.2.25; κατακεκόψεσθαι ib. 1.5.16.
5. κ. πληγαῖς τινα PLips. 37.20 (iv A.D.), etc.
6. generally, break in pieces, destroy, στεφάνους D. 22.70; κέραμον Plb. 5.25.3; ἔρια ὑπὸ τῶν σέων κατακοπτόμενα fretted in pieces, Ar. Lys. 730, cf. Luc. Ind. 1: metaph., κ. τὴν ἀρχήν Plu. Demetr. 30; κατακέκοπταί οἱ τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς γαῦρον Id. 2.762f; κατεκόπημεν ἄν we should have been made mince-meat of, Pl.Com. 35.
7. weary, bore, Anaxipp. 1.23, Men. Sam. 70, 77.
8. Rhet., λέξις -κεκομμένη ’ staccato’, jerky composition, Demetr. Eloc. 4.
9. in Med., μαστοὺς κατεκόψατο, in vehement grief, Epigr.Gr. 316 (Smyrna).
II strike with a die, coin bullion into money, Hdt. 3.96; τὸν θρόνον ὄντα ἀργυροῦν X. HG 1.5.3; τὰς Χρυσᾶς πλίνθους εἰς νόμισμα D.S. 16.56, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 281, Lib. Or. 14.45.
G2629 — κατακόπτω
1. to cut up, cut to pieces (see κατά, III. 4); to slay: [Isa 27:9]; [2Ch 34:7], etc.; Herodotus and following
2. to beat, bruise: ἑαυτόν λίθοις, [Mar 5:5]; (others retain here the primary meaning, to cut, gash, mangle).