κώπη
ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → root of all the evils is the love of money, for every possible kind of evil can be motivated by the love of money
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A handle (v. fin.); esp. 1 handle of an oar, Hsch.: hence, the oar itself (not in Il.), ἐμβαλέειν κώπῃς Od.9.489; κώπῃσιν ἁλὸς ῥηγμῖνα . . τύπτετε 12.214, cf. Sapph.120, etc.; οἱ τὰς κ. ξύοντες Thphr. HP5.1.6, cf. κωποξύστης; κώπαν σχάσον, metaph., 'stay thy hand', Pi.P.10.51; νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπῃ, = θαλαμίτης, metaph., of a man of low rank, A.Ag.1618; πομπίμοις κώπαις ἐρέσσων S.Tr.561; παραπέμπειν ἐφ' ἕνδεκα κώπαις, a prov. of dub. origin, meaning 'to escort with all the honours', Ar.Eq.546, cf. Eust.1540.44, Suid. s.v. ἐφ' ἕνδεκα; κώπαισι πλεῖν take to the oars, when the wind fails, Men. 241; κώπαις ποιεῖσθαι τὸν πλοῦν Arist.IA710a19: poet., to express ships, κλεινᾷ σὺν κώπᾳ, of Agamemnon's fleet, E.IT140 (lyr.), cf. Hel.1272, 1452 (lyr.). 2 handle of a sword, hilt, ἐπ' ἀργυρέῃ κώπῃ σχέθε χεῖρα Il.1.219, cf. Od.8.403; ξίφεος δ' ἐπεμαίετο κώπην 11.531; χεῖρα κώπης ἐπιψαύουσαν S.Ph.1255; φάσγανον κώπης λαβών E.Hec. 543. 3 handle of a key, κώπη δ' ἐλέφαντος ἐπῆεν Od.21.7. 4 haft of a torch, E.Cyc.484 (anap.). 5 handle or spoke by which a mill is turned, PSI5.530.10 (iii B.C.), Agatharch.26, PRyl.167.11 (i A.D.), Luc.Asin.42. 6 haft of a whip, Hsch.s.v. Κερκυραία μάστιξ. 7 pl., spars or bars used in building-operations, IG12.313.135. (Cf.Lat. cap-io, Engl.haft, etc.)
