κοπίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(B), ίδος, ἡ, ([[κόπτω]]) <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[kopis]], [[chopper]], [[cleaver]], <span class="bibl">Hermipp.46</span> (anap.), <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Fr.</span>138</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>894</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.12.24</span>, etc.; [[νερτέρων κοπίς]], prob. for [[κόνις]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 602</span> (lyr.); [[broad curved knife]], used by the Thessalians, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>837</span>; by Orientals, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.1.9</span>, <span class="bibl">6.2.10</span>: as Adj., κοπίς [[μάχαιρα]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>241</span>: metaph., of [[Phocion]], [[ἡ τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων κοπίς]] = [[the cleaver of my speeches]] D.ap.Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>5. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span>κόπις (parox.) [[κέντροιο κοπίς]] = [[sting of a scorpion]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>780</span>; cf. κόπιες· κέντρα ὀρνίθια, Hsch. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> among the [[Lacedaemonian]]s, [[feast given on certain festivals to strangers]], <span class="bibl">Cratin.164</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.138</span>, <span class="bibl">Philyll.16</span>.</span>