κόπτω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kop- (to strike, to beat).

Compare Old Church Slavonic скопити (skopiti, castrate), Lithuanian kaplys (hatchet), Old High German happa (scythe), English hatchet.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κόπτω (kóptō)

  1. (transitive) strike; cut; shake

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: κόβω (kóbō)
  • Greek: κόπτω (kópto)

References


Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

κόπτω (kópto) (past έκοψα, passive κόπτομαι)

  1. dated form of of κόβω (kóvo) found in compounds
  2. (in the passive) → κόπτομαι (kóptomai)

Conjugation

compounds and derivatives