κόπος
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
declension of κόπος
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”)