κόψα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkop.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkop.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkop.sa/
Noun
κόψα • (kópsa)
- (hapax legomenon) water jar
- Synonym: ὑδρία (hudría)
- [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Κ:
- κόψα· ὑδρία
- kópsa; hudría
- kópsa: water jar]
Further reading
- “κόψα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κόψα, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- Hesychius' Lexicon: κ