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περικοπή

περικοπή, a cutting all round, mutilation

περι-κοπή, ἡ,
    • I cutting all round, mutilation, e.g. of the Hermae at Athens, Th. 6.28, And. 1.15, Plu. Alc. 18, etc.; lopping of a tree, Thphr. CP 5.4.7; docking of hair, Plu. Aud. 2.42b; trepanning, Id. Cat.Ma. 9.
      • 2 metaph., cutting down, diminution, τῆς πολυτελείας ib. 18, cf. Adul. 2.84a.
      • 3 masonʼs work, PTeb. 406.19 (iii A. D.).
    • II outline, general form of a person or thing, Plb. 6.53.6; λιτὸς κατὰ τὴν π. in externals, Id. 10.22.5; π. καὶ χορηγία Id. 31.26.7, cf. Fr. 199, al.; π. κόσμου καὶ θεραπαινίδων D.S. 31.27, cf. 32a.
    • III Rhet., section, ἡ π. ἐκ δύο κώλων καὶ τριῶν Longin. Rh. p.193 H., cf. Hdn. Fig. p.89 S.
      • 2 in Metric, passage, section, κατὰ π. ἀνομοιομερῆ Heph. Poeëm. 4.5, cf. Sch.Heph. p.170C., Sch. Ar. Pl. 619.

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