κοπιαστικός

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek κοπιαστικός (kopiastikós). By surface analysis, κοπιασ- (stem of κοπιάζω (kopiázo)) +‎ -τικός (-tikós).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ko.pça.stiˈkos/
  • Hyphenation: κο‧πια‧στι‧κός

Adjective

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κοπιαστικός (kopiastikósm (feminine κοπιαστική, neuter κοπιαστικό)

  1. arduous, laborious, strenuous, toilsome (requiring great effort, hard work)
    Synonyms: επίπονος (epíponos), κουραστικός (kourastikós), (rare) επίμοχθος (epímochthos)

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ κοπιαστικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language