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κώπη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κώπη κώπης

Structure: κωπ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: from Root KAP, Lat. capio

Sense

  1. a handle (e.g. of an oar)

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Ζητῶν δὲ ἀεὶ πρὸσ ἐμαυτὸν οὔπω καὶ τήμερον εὑρεῖν δεδύνημαι τίνοσ ἕνεκα τὴν σπουδὴν ταύτην ἐσπούδακασ περὶ τὴν ὠνὴν τῶν βιβλίων ὠφελείασ μὲν γὰρ ἢ χρείασ τῆσ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν οὐδ’ ἂν οἰηθείη τισ τῶν καὶ ἐπ’ ἐλάχιστόν σε εἰδότων, οὐ μᾶλλον ἢ φαλακρὸσ ἄν τισ πρίαιτο κτένασ ἢ κάτοπτρον ὁ τυφλὸσ ἢ ὁ κωφὸσ αὐλητὴν ἢ παλλακὴν ὁ εὐνοῦχοσ ἢ ὁ ἠπειρώτησ κώπην ἢ ὁ κυβερνήτησ ἄροτρον. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 19:2)
  • ὡσ γὰρ ὁ λέγων ὅτι δεῖ κώπην ἐλαύνειν μαθόντα κυβερνᾶν δὲ καὶ μὴ μαθόντα γελοῖόσ ἐστιν, οὕτωσ ὁ μὲν τῶν ἄλλων ἀπολείπων τεχνῶν μάθησιν, ἀρετῆσ δ’ ἀναιρῶν τοὐναντίον ἐοίκε τοῖσ Σκύθαισ ποιεῖν. (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 33)
  • ὡσ γὰρ ὁ λέγων ὅτι δεῖ κώπην ἐλαύνειν μαθόντα κυβερνᾶν δὲ καὶ μὴ μαθόντα γελοῖόσ ἐστιν, οὕτωσ ὁ μὲν τῶν ἄλλων ἀπολείπων τεχνῶν μάθησιν ἀρετῆσ δ’ ἀναιρῶν τοὐναντίον ἐοίκε τοῖσ Σκύθαισ ποιεῖν· (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 3 1:1)
  • κάθιζ’ ἐπὶ κώπην. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Prologue 7:18)
  • τί δ’ ἄλλο γ’ ἢ ἵζω ’πὶ κώπην, οὗπερ ἐκέλευέσ με σύ; (Aristophanes, Frogs, Prologue 7:22)

Synonyms

  1. a handle

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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