ῆς (ἡ) :
      1 retranchement, amputation, ESCHL. Suppl. 841 ; HPC. Aph. 7, 28 ; fig. ἀ. τῶν χρεῶν, PLUT. Sol. 15 ; d’ord. au plur. τῶν χρεῶν ἀποκοπαί, AND. 12, 7 ; DÉM. 215, 25 ; 746, 24, abolition ou remise des dettes ; ἀ. φωνῆς, DIOSC. 2, 146, arrêt brusque de la voix ; t. de gr. apocope, suppression de lettres ou de syllabes à la fin d’un mot, ARSTT. Poet. 22, 8 ; DYSC. Pron. 336 a, Adv. 567, 14 ;
      2 pente abrupte, PLUT. Phil. 4.

Étym. ἀποκόπτω.

ἡ, (< ἀποκόπτω) cutting off, κρατός A. Supp. 841, cf. Hp. Mochl. 34; lopping off a shoot for grafting, M.Ant 11.8; Medic., amputation, Archig. ap. Orib. 47.13.3; stoppage, ἐμμηίνων Sor. 1.26. πεδίων ἀ., prob. their abrupt terminations, Plu. Phil. 4, cf. Gp. 12.41.1. φωνῆς ἀ.
loss of voice, Dsc. 2.120, cf. Gal. 13.31. ἀποκοπαὶ χρεῶν cancelling of all debts, And. 1.88, Pl. R. 566a, Jusj. ap. D. 24.149, etc.
abruptness, esp. of literary style, Demetr. Eloc. 238; ἀ. ῥυθμοῦ broken rhythm, ib. 6; ἐξ ἀποκοπῆς abruptly, D.H. Th. 52; also of disease, ἐξ ἀ. λυθῆναι to be suddenly cured, Gal. 7.441.
section, extract, λόγου Tryph. Trop. 7.
in Gramm., apocope, cutting off of one or more letters, esp. at the end of a word, Arist. Po. 1458b2 (pl.), cf. A.D. Synt. 6.11; κατ’ ἀποκοπήν Str. 8.5.3; also of elliptical expressions, such as νὴ τόν, Ph. 2.271.

ἡ,
1) das Abschlagen, Abhauen, κρατός Aesch. Suppl. 821 ; τῶν χρεῶν, Schuldentilgung, tabulae novae, Plat. Legg. V.736c u. öfter ; Andoc. 1.88 Dem. 24.149 Plut. Sol. 15.
2) Bei den Gramm. Weglassung eines oder mehrerer Buchstaben, bes. am Ende eines Wortes.