copis

copis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοπίς (kopís), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.pis/, [ˈkɔpɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.pis/, [ˈkɔːpis]

Noun

copis f (genitive copidis); third declension

1. A short sword

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	copis	copidēs
Genitive	copidis	copidum
Dative	copidī	copidibus
Accusative	copidem	copidēs
Ablative	copide	copidibus
Vocative	copis	copidēs

References

• “copis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “copis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• copis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to choose one from a large number of instances: ex infinita exemplorum copia unum (pauca) sumere, decerpere (eligere)
    
  • (ambiguous) a full and copious style of speech: ubertas (not divitiae) et copia orationis
    
  • (ambiguous) richness of ideas: crebritas or copia (opp. inopia) sententiarum or simply copia
    
  • (ambiguous) abundance of material: materia rerum et copia uberrima
    
  • (ambiguous) profusion of words: copia, ubertas verborum
    
  • (ambiguous) to be abandoned to a life of excess: omnium rerum copia diffluere
    
  • (ambiguous) money is plentiful at 6 per cent: semissibus magna copia est
    
  • (ambiguous) want of corn; scarcity in the corn-market: inopia (opp. copia) rei frumentariae
    
• “copis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “copis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin