εὔκοπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κόπτω (kóptō, “to beat, strike, cut”), possibly with the semantics being "easy to hit."

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěu̯.ko.pos/ → /ˈeɸ.ko.pos/ → /ˈef.ko.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.ko.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.ko.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɸ.ko.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈef.ko.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈef.ko.pos/

Adjective

εὔκοπος • (eúkopos)

1. easy, smooth
   • Gospel of Mark :

     τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ Ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν Ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει;

     tí estin eukopṓteron, eipeîn tôi paralutikôi Aphíentaí sou hai hamartíai, ḕ eipeîn Égeire kaì âron tòn krábattón sou kaì peripátei?

     • Translation by King James bible

       Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?

   • 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, 18.18.2