κόπος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.pos/
Noun
κόπος • (kópos) m (genitive κόπου); second declension
- striking, beating
- toil and trouble, suffering
- fatigue, weariness
- work, exertion
- Synonym: μόχθος (mókhthos)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κόπος; τοῦ κόπου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κόπος ho kópos | τὼ κόπω tṑ kópō | οἱ κόποι hoi kópoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κόπου toû kópou | τοῖν κόποιν toîn kópoin | τῶν κόπων tôn kópōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κόπῳ tôi kópōi | τοῖν κόποιν toîn kópoin | τοῖς κόποις toîs kópois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κόπον tòn kópon | τὼ κόπω tṑ kópō | τοὺς κόπους toùs kópous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κόπε kópe | κόπω kópō | κόποι kópoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κοπάζω (kopázō)
- κόπασμα (kópasma)
- κοπηρός (kopērós)
- κοπιαρός (kopiarós)
- κοπιάτης (kopiátēs)
- κοπιάω (kopiáō)
- κοπόω (kopóō)
- κοπώδης (kopṓdēs)
- κόπωσις (kópōsis)
Descendants
- Greek: κόπος (kópos)
Further reading
- “κόπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κόπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κόπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κόπος (“striking; fatigue”). See κόπτω (kóptō, “cut”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈko.pos/
- Hyphenation: κό‧πος
Noun
κόπος • (kópos) m (plural κόποι)
- toil, hard work
- suffering
- fatigue
- pay, wages (for such work)
Declension
declension of κόπος
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | κόπος • | κόποι • |
genitive | κόπου • | κόπων • |
accusative | κόπο • | κόπους • |
vocative | κόπε • | κόποι • |
Synonyms
- μόχθος m (móchthos)
- αγγαρεία f (angareía)
Derived terms
Expressions:
- άδικοςκόπος (ádikos kópos, “a toil in vain”)
- βάζω σεκόπο (vázo se kópo)
- μην κάνετε τονκόπο (min kánete ton kópo) (polite)
- μπαίνω στονκόπο (baíno ston kópo)
- χαμένοςκόπος (chaménos kópos, “a toil in vain”)
Related terms
- άκοπος (ákopos, “sense: not hard”)
- κοπιάζω (kopiázo, “I toil, labour”)
- κοπιαστικός (kopiastikós, “tiresome”)
- κοπιώδης (kopiódis, “tiresome”)
- κόπωση f (kóposi, “fatigue”)
- compounds of -κοπος (-kopos), -κοπώ (-kopó)
- and see κόπτω (kópto)
See also
- δουλειά f (douleiá, “work”)