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

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkop.sa/ → /ˈkop.sa/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkop.sa/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkop.sa/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkop.sa/

Noun

κόψα • (kópsa)

1. (hapax) water jar

   Synonym: ὑδρία (hudría)

   • 5th century 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] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• Hesychius' Lexicon: κ