copo

See also: copó and cópo

Latin

Etymology

From caupō, through fusion of /au̯/ into /oː/, represented in spelling as ⟨au⟩ → ⟨ō⟩.

Pronunciation

Noun

cōpō m (genitive cōpōnis, feminine cōpa); third declension

  1. alternative form of caupō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cōpō cōpōnēs
genitive cōpōnis cōpōnum
dative cōpōnī cōpōnibus
accusative cōpōnem cōpōnēs
ablative cōpōne cōpōnibus
vocative cōpō cōpōnēs

References

  • copo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • copo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "copo", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • copo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin *cuppu, from Late Latin cūppa, from Latin cūpa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔ.pu/

  • Hyphenation: co‧po

Noun

copo m (plural copos)

  1. glass (vessel from which one drinks)
    • 2012, Luís Fernando Veríssimo, “A tia que caiu no Sena”, in Diálogos Impossíveis, Rio de Janeiro: Editora Objetiva, →ISBN, page 63:
      Alda contou para o grupo que a tia Belinha tinha ido sozinha a Paris e lá conhecera um conde francês, ligeiramente arruinado e ligeiramente maluco, com quem tivera um tórrido caso de verão. Numa noite quente, dançando numa margem do Sena, depois de muitos copos de champanhe, os dois tinham tropeçado e...
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Descendants

  • Japanese: コップ (koppu)
  • Kadiwéu: goopa
  • Lingala: kopo, kɔ́pɔ
  • Swahili: kopo

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkopo/ [ˈko.po]
  • Rhymes: -opo
  • Syllabification: co‧po

Etymology 1

From copa.

Noun

copo m (plural copos)

  1. flake
    copos de cerealescereal flakes
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

copo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of copar

Further reading