κοπίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=κοπίδος, ἡ, ([[κόπτω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[kopis]], [[chopper]], [[cleaver]], Hermipp.46 (anap.), Ar. ''Fr.''138, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''894, [[Diodorus Siculus|D.S.]]12.24, etc.; [[νερτέρων κοπίς]], prob. for [[κόνις]], S.''Ant.'' 602 (lyr.); [[broad curved knife]], used by the Thessalians, E.''El.''837; by Orientals, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.1.9, 6.2.10: as adjective, κοπίς [[μάχαιρα]] E.''Cyc.''241: metaph., of [[Phocion]], [[ἡ τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων κοπίς]] = [[the cleaver of my speeches]] D.ap.Plu.''Phoc.''5.<br><span class="bld">2</span>[[κόπις]] (parox.) [[κέντροιο κόπις]] = [[sting of a scorpion]], Nic.''Th.''780; cf. κόπιες· κέντρα ὀρνίθια, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">II</span> among the [[Lacedaemonian]]s, [[feast given on certain festivals to strangers]], Cratin.164, Eup.138, Philyll.16.