κόπος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From κόπτω (kóptō, “to cut”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kó.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈko.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈko.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈko.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈko.pos/
Noun
[edit]κόπος • (kópos) m (genitive κόπου); second declension
- striking, beating
- toil and trouble, suffering
- fatigue, weariness
- work, exertion
- Synonym: μόχθος (mókhthos)
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ κόπος ho kópos |
τὼ κόπω tṑ kópō |
οἱ κόποι hoi kópoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κόπου toû kópou |
τοῖν κόποιν toîn kópoin |
τῶν κόπων tôn kópōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κόπῳ tôi kópōi |
τοῖν κόποιν toîn kópoin |
τοῖς κόποις toîs kópois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν κόπον tòn kópon |
τὼ κόπω tṑ kópō |
τοὺς κόπους toùs kópous | ||||||||||
Vocative | κόπε kópe |
κόπω kópō |
κόποι kópoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Greek: κόπος (kópos)
Further reading
[edit]- “κόπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κόπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κόπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek κόπος (“striking; fatigue”). See κόπτω (kóptō, “cut”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]κόπος • (kópos) m (plural κόποι)
- toil, hard work, effort
- Synonym: προσπάθεια f (prospátheia)
- suffering
- fatigue
- pay, wages (for such work)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | κόπος (kópos) | κόποι (kópoi) |
genitive | κόπου (kópou) | κόπων (kópon) |
accusative | κόπο (kópo) | κόπους (kópous) |
vocative | κόπε (kópe) | κόποι (kópoi) |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Expressions:
- άδικος κόπος (ádikos kópos, “a toil in vain”)
- βάζω σε κόπο (vázo se kópo)
- μην κάνετε τον κόπο (min kánete ton kópo) (polite)
- μπαίνω στον κόπο (baíno ston kópo)
- χαμένος κόπος (chaménos kópos, “a toil in vain”)
Related terms
[edit]- άκοπος (ákopos, “sense: not hard”)
- κοπιάζω (kopiázo, “I toil, labour”)
- κοπιαστικός (kopiastikós, “tiresome”)
- κοπιώδης (kopiódis, “tiresome”)
- κόπωση f (kóposi, “fatigue”)
- compounds of -κοπος (-kopos), -κοπώ (-kopó)
- and see κόπτω (kópto)
See also
[edit]- δουλειά f (douleiá, “work”)
Categories:
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
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- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greek lemmas
- Greek nouns
- Greek masculine nouns
- Greek nouns declining like 'δρόμος'