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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[handle]] (v. fin.); esp. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[handle of an oar]], Hsch.: hence, [[the oar]] 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"><span class="bld">2</span> [[handle of a sword]], [[hilt]], 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"><span class="bld">3</span> [[handle of a key]], κώπη δ' ἐλέφαντος ἐπῆεν <span class="bibl">Od.21.7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[haft of a torch]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>484</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><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"><span class="bld">6</span> [[haft of a whip]], Hsch.s.v. [[Κερκυραία μάστιξ]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">7</span> pl., [[spars]] or [[bars]] used in building-operations, <span class="title">IG</span>12.313.135. (Cf.Lat. [[cap-io]], Engl.[[haft]], etc.)</span>