κόπις

ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge

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Full diacritics: κόπις	Medium diacritics: κόπις	Low diacritics: κόπις	Capitals: ΚΟΠΙΣ
Transliteration A: kópis	Transliteration B: kopis	Transliteration C: kopis	Beta Code: ko/pis

English (LSJ)

(A), ιδος, ὁ,

A prater, liar, wrangler, E.Hec.132 (anap.), Lyc. 763, 1464; κοπίδων ἀρχηγός Heraclit.81, cf. Pythag. ap. Sch.E.Hec. 134. (Prob. from κόπτω.)

[Seite 1483] ὁ, der Zungendrescher (κόπτω), Schwätzer, Windbeutel, ποικιλόφρων, heißt Odysseus, Eur. Hec. 131 u. sp. D., wie Lycophr. 763. 1464.