γόπα

Greek

Alternative forms

• γώπα f (gópa)
• βούπα f (voúpa) (dialectal)
• βώπα f (vópa) (dialectal)
• γούπα f (goúpa) (dialectal)

Etymology

From an unattested Medieval Greek *γῶπα (*gôpa), from an unattested *βῶπα (*bôpa), an accusative form of Byzantine Greek βῶψ (bôps), βόωψ (bóōps, “small fish (bogue)”), from Ancient Greek βῶξ (bôx), a contracted form of βόαξ (bóax, “bogue fish”).

The "cigarette butt" sense is in reference to the resemblance of cigarette butts to bogues.

Noun

γόπα • (gópa) n (plural γόπες)

1. bogue (Boops boops) (fish)
2. (colloquial) fag-end, cigarette end, butt

Declension

Declension of γόπα

	singular	plural
nominative	γόπα •	γόπες •
genitive	γόπας •	—
accusative	γόπα •	γόπες •
vocative	γόπα •	γόπες •

Synonyms

• (cigarette end): αποτσίγαρο n (apotsígaro)

Further reading

• γόπα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el