κόπαιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κοπάδιον (kopádion)

Etymology

From κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kó.pai̯.on/ → /ˈko.pɛ.on/ → /ˈko.pe.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kó.pai̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈko.pɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.pɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈko.pe.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈko.pe.on/

Noun

κόπαιον • (kópaion) n (genitive κοπαίου); second declension

1. piece

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κόπαιον; τοῦ κοπαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κόπαιον tò kópaion	τὼ κοπαίω tṑ kopaíō	τᾰ̀ κόπαιᾰ tà kópaia
Genitive	τοῦ κοπαίου toû kopaíou	τοῖν κοπαίοιν toîn kopaíoin	τῶν κοπαίων tôn kopaíōn
Dative	τῷ κοπαίῳ tôi kopaíōi	τοῖν κοπαίοιν toîn kopaíoin	τοῖς κοπαίοις toîs kopaíois
Accusative	τὸ κόπαιον tò kópaion	τὼ κοπαίω tṑ kopaíō	τᾰ̀ κόπαιᾰ tà kópaia
Vocative	κόπαιον kópaion	κοπαίω kopaíō	κόπαιᾰ kópaia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κόπαιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κόπαιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette