κώπη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂p-eh₂, from the root *keh₂p- (“seize, grab”), which also gives κάπτω (káptō, “gulp down”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɔ̌ː.pɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.pe̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.pi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.pi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.pi/
Noun
κώπη • (kṓpē) f (genitive κώπης); first declension
- a handle (e.g. of an oar)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ κώπη; τῆς κώπης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ κώπη hē kṓpē | τὼ κώπᾱ tṑ kṓpā | αἱ κῶπαι hai kôpai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς κώπης tês kṓpēs | τοῖν κώπαιν toîn kṓpain | τῶν κωπῶν tôn kōpôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ κώπῃ têi kṓpēi | τοῖν κώπαιν toîn kṓpain | ταῖς κώπαις taîs kṓpais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν κώπην tḕn kṓpēn | τὼ κώπᾱ tṑ kṓpā | τᾱ̀ς κώπᾱς tā̀s kṓpās | ||||||||||
Vocative | κώπη kṓpē | κώπᾱ kṓpā | κῶπαι kôpai | ||||||||||
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References
- “κώπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κώπη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κώπη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κώπη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κώπη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- haft idem, page 380.
- handle idem, page 383.
- hilt idem, page 400.
- oar idem, page 564.