to restrain
Usage:
Not a primary reference, possibly a variation
Definition:
1.
to drive back , (Odyssey by Homer) 2.
to beat back an assailant, (Thucydides) 3.
to stop; Pass.
to be stopped, stop short , τινός
from a thing, (Lucian) (
ML)
Definition:
ἀνα-κόπτω,
drive back, push back, θυρέων δ᾽ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆας[
Refs 8th c.BC+]
2)
beat back an assailant, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) ἀ. ναῦν
check a ship's course, variant in [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
4)
return food, διὰ ῥινῶν, εἰς τὰς ῥῖνας, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II)
knock out, τὰς ὄψεις ἀνακοπείς[
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2)
cut from below, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
II.3)
beat up eggs, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III)
check, stop, ἦχον[
Refs 1st c.BC+]:—
passive,
to be stopped, restrained, τῆς ὁρμῆς[
Refs 2nd c.AD+];
stop short in a speech, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
IV) in Medicine texts,
take effect, ἀνακόπτει γὰρ οὕτως ἡ ὠφέλεια[
Refs 1st c.AD+]
Pronounciation:
an-ak-op'-to
Definition:
to beat back, i.e. check; hinder; from
g303 (ἀνά) and
g2875 (κόπτω)