κόπρος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f. (on the gender Schwyzer-Debrunner 34 n. 4)<br />Meaning: [[excrement]], [[ordure]], [[dung]], [[filth]] (Il.).<br />Compounds: Compp., e. g. <b class="b3">κοπρο-λόγος</b> [[dung-gatherer]] (Ar.), <b class="b3">κοπρο-φορά</b> [[loaf of dung]] (Amorgos IVa; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 187 A. 2 [S. 188]).<br />Derivatives: A. Subst. <b class="b3">κόπριον</b> = <b class="b3">κόπρος</b> (Heraclit., Hp., inscr., pap.) with <b class="b3">κοπριώδης</b> [[dung-like]], [[full of dung]] (Hp., Thphr., pap.), <b class="b3">κοπριακός</b> [[belonging to dung]] (pap.); <b class="b3">κόπρανα</b> pl. [[excrements]] (Hp., Aret.); <b class="b3">κοπρία</b> [[dung-heap]] (Semon., Stratt., Arist.; Scheller Oxytonierung 44); <b class="b3">κοπρών</b> (Ar.), <b class="b3">-εών</b> (Tz.), <b class="b3">-ιών</b> (Gortyn) [[privy]]; <b class="b3">κοπροσύνη</b> [[manuring]] (pap. VIp); - <b class="b3">Κοπρεύς</b> herald of Eurystheus (Ο 639; Boßhardt Die Nomina auf <b class="b3">-ευς</b> 121); <b class="b3">Κοπρεαῖος</b> joking PN (Ar.); <b class="b3">κοπρίαι</b> pl. [[buffoons]] (D. C.; Lat. [[copreae]]). - B. Adj. <b class="b3">Κόπρειος</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the demos Κόπρος</b> (inscr.), also referring to <b class="b3">κόπρος</b> (Ar.), <b class="b3">Κόπριος</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Is.); <b class="b3">κόπρινος</b> <b class="b2">living in κ.</b> (Hp.); <b class="b3">κοπρώδης</b> <b class="b2">dung-like, dirty</b> (Hp., Pl., Arist.). - C. verbs. <b class="b3">κοπρέω</b> [[manure]] only fut. ptc. <b class="b3">κοπρήσοντες</b> (ρ 299; v. l. <b class="b3">κοπρίσσοντες</b>); (<b class="b3">ἐκ-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐπι-)κοπρίζω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (ρ 299 v. l., Hp., Thphr.) with <b class="b3">κόπρισις</b>, <b class="b3">-ισμός</b> [[manuring]] (Thphr., pap.); <b class="b3">κοπρόω</b> [[defile with dung]] (Arr.) with <b class="b3">κόπρωσις</b> [[manuring]] (Thphr.; <b class="b3">ἐκκοπρόω</b> with <b class="b3">-ωσις</b> Hp.); <b class="b3">κοπρεύω</b> = <b class="b3">κοπρίζω</b> (Chios V-IVa), <b class="b3">κοπρεῦσαι φυτεῦσαι</b> H.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [544] <b class="b2">*ḱokʷr</b> [[dung]]<br />Etymology: Thematic form of an old <b class="b2">r-n-</b>stem, which is preserved in Skt. <b class="b2">śákr̥-t</b>, <b class="b2">śakn-áḥ</b> [[dung]]; so IE. <b class="b2">*ḱoku̯r-</b>. A primary verb is assumed in Lith. <b class="b2">šikù</b>, <b class="b2">sìkti</b> [[cacare]], Pok. 544, W.-Hofmann s. [[cacō]] and [[mūscerda]]. S. also on <b class="b3">σκῶρ</b>. The Lall-word <b class="b3">κακκάω</b> is not cognate.