κόψα
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editUnknown, 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
editκόψα • (kópsa)
- (hapax) water jar
- Synonym: ὑδρία (hudría)
- 5th c. 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