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κόπτω

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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    Probably a yod-present formation from a Proto-Indo-European *(s)kop- (to strike, to beat) (though there is a chance that the word is a substrate borrowing). Compare Proto-Slavic *skopiti (to castrate).

    Further cognate with Lithuanian kàpti (to hew, fell), kaplỹs (hatchet), Albanian kep (to hew, chisel), Proto-Slavic *kopàti (to dig),[1] Old High German happa (scythe), English hatchet.

    Pronunciation

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    Verb

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    κόπτω (kóptō)

    1. (transitive) to strike; cut; shake
      1. (transitive) to knock
        • 2022 May 18, Seumas Macdonald, chapter 5, in Linguae Graecae Per Se Illustrata[1]:
          ἰδού, ἔστιν ἀνήρ πρὸς τῇ θύρᾳ. ἐκεῖνος οὖν κόπτει.
          idoú, éstin anḗr pròs tēî thúrāi. ekeînos oûn kóptei.
          Look, there is a man by the door. He then knocks.

    Inflection

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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Byzantine Greek: κόβω (kóbō)
    • Italiot Greek: kòtto
    • Mariupol Greek: ко́фту (kóftu)
    • Greek: κόπτω (kópto)
    • English: acoptic

    References

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    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κόπτω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 748-9

    Further reading

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    Greek

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    Etymology

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    This form was a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō) found in Katharevousa; compare the inherited doublet κόβω (kóvo).

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈko.pto/
    • Hyphenation: κό‧πτω

    Verb

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    κόπτω (kópto) (past έκοψα, passive κόπτομαι)

    1. (dated) alternative form of κόβω (kóvo)

    Conjugation

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    compounds and derivatives

    Further reading

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