κόψα
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Unknown, only attested in Hesychius. Compare κοψία (kopsía, “pipkin, small earthern pot”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation edit
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkop.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkop.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkop.sa/
Noun edit
κόψα • (kópsa)
- (hapax) water jar
- Synonym: ὑδρία (hudría)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Κ:
- κόψα· ὑδρία
- kópsa; hudría
- kópsa: water jar
Further reading edit
- “κόψα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κόψα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ