κλοπή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλέπτω (kléptō, “to steal”) +‎ -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /klo.pɛ̌ː/ → /kloˈpi/ → /kloˈpi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klo.pɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kloˈpe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kloˈpi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kloˈpi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kloˈpi/

Noun

κλοπή • (klopḗ) f (genitive κλοπῆς); first declension

1. theft
   1. (of authors) plagiarism
2. a secret act or transaction, fraud
3. the surprise of a military post

Declension

First declension of ἡ κλοπή; τῆς κλοπῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κλοπή hē klopḗ	τὼ κλοπᾱ́ tṑ klopā́	αἱ κλοπαί hai klopaí
Genitive	τῆς κλοπῆς tês klopês	τοῖν κλοπαῖν toîn klopaîn	τῶν κλοπῶν tôn klopôn
Dative	τῇ κλοπῇ têi klopêi	τοῖν κλοπαῖν toîn klopaîn	ταῖς κλοπαῖς taîs klopaîs
Accusative	τὴν κλοπήν tḕn klopḗn	τὼ κλοπᾱ́ tṑ klopā́	τᾱ̀ς κλοπᾱ́ς tā̀s klopā́s
Vocative	κλοπή klopḗ	κλοπᾱ́ klopā́	κλοπαί klopaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: κλοπή (klopí)

Further reading

• “κλοπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κλοπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • abstraction idem, page 4.
  • defalcation idem, page 203.
  • embezzlement idem, page 267.
  • extortion idem, page 297.
  • peculation idem, page 601.
  • pilfering idem, page 613.
  • robbery idem, page 719.
  • stealing idem, page 814.
  • surprise idem, page 844.
  • theft idem, page 863.
  • thieving idem, page 866.
• G2829 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Etymology

Inherited from Ancient Greek κλοπή (klopḗ).

Noun

κλοπή • (klopí) f (plural κλοπές)

1. (crime) theft
2. plagiarism

Declension

declension of κλοπή

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	κλοπή •	κλοπές •
genitive	κλοπής •	κλοπών •
accusative	κλοπή •	κλοπές •
vocative	κλοπή •	κλοπές •

Synonyms

• (plagiarism): λογοκλοπή f (logoklopí)

Related terms

• κλέβω (klévo, “to steal”)

Further reading

• κλοπή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el