copa
Ἕκτορ νῦν σὺ μὲν ὧδε θέεις ἀκίχητα διώκων → Hector, you run in pursuit of something unattainable | Hector, now art thou hasting thus vainly after what thou mayest not attain | Hector, now you are hasting thus vainly after what you may not attain
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cōpa: (cūpa), ae, f. copo = caupo,
I a female tavern-keeper and castanet-dancer, who exhibited her arts in her ale-house (cf. crotalum), Verg. Cop. 1 Heyne and Wagner: matronae copas imitantes, Suet. Ner. 27.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cōpa,¹⁶ æ, f. (copo), cabaretière : Suet. Nero 27, 3 ; Virg. Copa 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
cōpa, ae, f. (copo = caupo), die Schankwirtin, Wirtin, Syrisca, Ps. Verg. cop. 1 (vgl. caupona Syra, Lucil. 128): matronae copas imitantes (indem die Wirtinnen, die geschmückt vor der Tür standen, durch zärtliche Blicke, Worte, Gebärden u. durch üppigen Tanz die Vorübergehenden in ihre Schenke zu locken suchten), Suet. Ner. 27, 3. Vgl. Zells Ferienschr. 1. S. 49.
