κόπτω
Etym. from Root ΚΟΠ
I. "to strike, smite, knock down", Od.; κόψε μιν παρήιον "smote" him "on" the cheek Il.
2. "to cut off, chop off", Hom., etc.; κ. δένδρα "to fell" trees, Thuc., etc.; κ. τὴν χώραν "to cut down the trees in" it, "to lay" it "waste", Xen.:—Pass., of ships, "to be shattered or disabled" by the enemy, Thuc.:—metaph., φρενῶν κεκομμένος "stricken" in mind, Aesch.
3. "to hammer, forge", Hom.: "to stamp" metal, "coin" money, Hdt.:— Mid. "to coin oneself" money, "order to be coined", id=Hdt.: Pass., of the money, "to be stamped or coined", Ar.
4. "to knock at" the door, Lat. pulsare, id=Ar., etc.
5. "to cut small, chop up or pound" in a mortar, Hdt.
6. of a horse, "to jolt or shake" his rider, Xen.
7. metaph. "to tire out, weary", Dem.
II. Mid. κόπτομαι, "to beat one's breast" through grief, Lat. plangere, Il., Hdt., Plat.
2. κόπτεσθαί τινα "to mourn for" any one, Lat. plangere aliquem, Eur., etc.