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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

  • εἶτ’ ἀμφίχρυσον φάσγανον κώπησ λαβὼν ἐξεῖλκε κολεοῦ, λογάσι δ’ Ἀργείων στρατοῦ νεανίαισ ἔνευσε παρθένον λαβεῖν. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 1:16)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἤντλησα καὶ τῆσ κώπησ συνεπελαβόμην καὶ οὐκ ἔκλαον μόνοσ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιβατῶν. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 4:11)
  • "νὴ Δία, φήσει τισ, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ τῷ πύργῳ προσελθὼν καὶ τῆσ κώπησ ἁψάμενοσ ἀποφανοῦμαι τὴν μὲν εὐθεῖαν εἶναι τὸν δὲ πολύγωνον· (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 2512)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ φέγγοσ ἡλίου κατέφθιτο καὶ νὺξ ἐπῄει, πᾶσ ἀνὴρ κώπησ ἄναξ ἐσ ναῦν ἐχώρει πᾶσ θ’ ὅπλων ἐπιστάτησ· (Aeschylus, Persians, episode 2:8)
  • εὐθὺσ δὲ κώπησ ῥοθιάδοσ ξυνεμβολῇ ἔπαισαν ἅλμην βρύχιον ἐκ κελεύματοσ, θοῶσ δὲ πάντεσ ἦσαν ἐκφανεῖσ ἰδεῖν. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode 3:2)
  • τοιαῦτ’ ἀπήντηκ’ ἐσ τοιαυτὶ πράγματα, ὅτε γ’ ὢν ἐγὼ πρόβουλοσ, ἐκπορίσασ ὅπωσ κωπῆσ ἔσονται, τἀργυρίου νυνὶ δέον, ὑπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν ἀποκέκλῃμαι ταῖσ πύλαισ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Episode17)

Synonyms

  1. a handle

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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