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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[handle]] (v. fin.); esp. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">handle of an oar</b>, Hsch.: hence, <b class="b2">the oar</b> itself (not in Il.), ἐμβαλέειν κώπῃς <span class="bibl">Od.9.489</span>; κώπῃσιν ἁλὸς ῥηγμῖνα… τύπτετε <span class="bibl">12.214</span>, cf. Sapph.120, etc.; οἱ τὰς κ. ξύοντες <span class="bibl">Thphr. <span class="title">HP</span>5.1.6</span>, cf. <b class="b3">κωποξύστης; κώπαν σχάσον</b>, metaph., 'stay thy hand', <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>10.51</span>; <b class="b3">νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπῃ</b>, = [[θαλαμίτης]], metaph., of a man of low rank, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1618</span>; πομπίμοις κώπαις ἐρέσσων <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>561</span>; <b class="b3">παραπέμπειν ἐφ' ἕνδεκα κώπαις</b>, a prov. of dub. origin, meaning 'to escort with all the honours', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>546</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Eust.1540.44</span>, Suid. s.v. [[ἐφ' ἕνδεκα; κώπαισι πλεῖν]] take to the [[oars]], when the wind fails, <span class="bibl">Men. 241</span>; κώπαις ποιεῖσθαι τὸν πλοῦν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">IA</span>710a19</span>: poet., to express ships, <b class="b3">κλεινᾷ σὺν κώπᾳ</b>, of Agamemnon's fleet, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>140</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>1272</span>, <span class="bibl">1452</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">handle of a sword, hilt</b>, ἐπ' ἀργυρέῃ κώπῃ σχέθε χεῖρα <span class="bibl">Il.1.219</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.8.403</span>; ξίφεος δ' ἐπεμαίετο κώπην <span class="bibl">11.531</span>; χεῖρα κώπης ἐπιψαύουσαν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1255</span>; φάσγανον κώπης λαβών <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span> 543</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">handle of a key</b>, κώπη δ' ἐλέφαντος ἐπῆεν <span class="bibl">Od.21.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">haft of a torch</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>484</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[handle]] or [[spoke]] by which a mill is turned, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PSI</span>5.530.10</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Agatharch.26</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span>167.11</span> (i A.D.), <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Asin.</span>42</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">haft of a whip</b>, Hsch.s.v. [[Κερκυραία μάστιξ]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">7</span> pl., [[spars]] or [[bars]] used in building-operations, <span class="title">IG</span>12.313.135. (Cf.Lat. <b class="b2">cap-io</b>, Engl.[[haft]], etc.)</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">grip, sword-, oar-grip, oar</b> (cf. Schwyzer KZ 63, 52f.), [[stalk]] (Il.).<br />Compounds: Some compp., e.g. <b class="b3">κωπ-ήρης</b> <b class="b2">provided with oars</b> (trag., Th.).<br />Derivatives: Diminut. <b class="b3">κωπίον</b> (Ar.); <b class="b3">κωπήεις</b> <b class="b2">with (good) grip</b> (Il.; Trümpy Fachausdrücke 62); <b class="b3">κωπεῖς</b> pl. m. <b class="b2">oar-wood</b> (IA.; vgl. Boßhardt Die Nom. auf <b class="b3">-ευς</b> 56), <b class="b3">κωπεών</b>, <b class="b3">-ῶνος</b> m. <b class="b2">oar-wood</b> (Thphr.); <b class="b3">κωπητήρ</b>, <b class="b3">-ῆρος</b> m. <b class="b2">leathern thong for the oar</b> (Bergson Eranos 55, 120ff.); <b class="b3">κωπεύω</b> [[row]] (AP), <b class="b3">κωπάω</b> (<b class="b3">-έω</b>) in <b class="b3">κεκώπηται</b> <b class="b2">is provided with oars</b> (Att. inscr., H.).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [527] <b class="b2">*k(e)h₂p-</b> [[take]], [[hold]]<br />Etymology: On [[κωπώ]] s. v. Verbal noun to <b class="b3">κάπτω</b>, s. v. (i.e. <b class="b2">*koh₂p-</b>); cf. esp. Lat. [[capulus]] [[grip]].