Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κωπήεις

First/Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κωπήεις κωπήεσσα κωπήεν

Structure: κωπηεντ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. hilted

Examples

  • τὼ δ’ ἄνεῳ καὶ ἄναυδοι ἐφ’ ἑστίῃ ἀίξαντε ἵζανον, ἥ τε δίκη λυγροῖσ ἱκέτῃσι τέτυκται, ἡ μὲν ἐπ’ ἀμφοτέραισ θεμένη χείρεσσι μέτωπα, αὐτὰρ ὁ κωπῆεν μέγα φάσγανον ἐν χθονὶ πήξασ, ᾧπέρ τ’ Αἰήταο πάιν κτάνεν· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 12:7)

Synonyms

  1. hilted

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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