συγκοπή

A. cutting up into small pieces, Plu. 2.912e, POxy. 1654.6 (ii A.D.), Sch.Luc. Vit.Auct. 19; cutting of metal into pieces for coinage, Peripl.M.Rubr. 6: metaph., extreme conciseness, opp. συντομία, ἡ ἄγαν τῆς φράσεως ς. Longin. 42.

2. Gramm., syncope, i.e. cutting a word short by striking out one or more letters, A.D. Adv. 169.15, al., Plu. 2.1011e; κατὰ συγκοπὴν καλεῖσθαι Id. Rom. 11.

b. = ἀποκοπή v, Longin. 39.4.

II. stoppage, cutting short, ἡ τοῦ πνεύματος ς. D.H. Comp. 15; αἱ ς. τῶν ἤχων ib.22.

III. sudden loss of strength, syncope, Aret. SA 2.3, Gal. 9.290, 10.837, Philagr. ap. Orib. 5.21.7; cf. σύγκοπος, συγκόπτω 111.