κόψα
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkop.sa/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkop.sa/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkop.sa/
Noun
[edit]κόψα • (kópsa)
- (hapax) water jar
- Synonym: ὑδρία (hudría)
- 5th century 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