κώπη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[handle]] (v. fin.); esp.<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[handle of an oar]], Hsch.: hence, the [[oar]] itself (not in Il.), [[ἐμβαλέειν]] κώπῃς Od.9.489; κώπῃσιν ἁλὸς ῥηγμῖνα… τύπτετε 12.214, cf. Sapph.120, etc.; οἱ τὰς κ. ξύοντες Thphr. HP5.1.6, cf. [[κωποξύστης]]; κώπαν σχάσον, metaph., '[[stay]] thy [[hand]]', Pi.P.10.51; [[νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπῃ]] = [[θαλαμίτης]], metaph., of a [[man]] of [[low]] [[rank]], A.Ag.1618; πομπίμοις κώπαις ἐρέσσων S.Tr.561; [[παραπέμπειν ἐφ' ἕνδεκα κώπαις]], a [[proverb|prov.]] of dub. origin, meaning 'to [[escort with all the honours]]', Ar.Eq.546, cf. Eust.1540.44, Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] ἐφ' [[ἕνδεκα]]; κώπαισι [[πλεῖν]] = [[take to the oars]], when the [[wind]] [[fail]]s, Men. 241; κώπαις ποιεῖσθαι τὸν πλοῦν Arist.IA710a19: poet., to express ships, κλεινᾷ σὺν κώπᾳ, of [[Agamemnon]]'s [[fleet]], E.IT140 (lyr.), cf. Hel.1272, 1452 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[handle of a sword]], [[hilt]], ἐπ' ἀργυρέῃ κώπῃ σχέθε χεῖρα Il.1.219, cf. Od.8.403; ξίφεος δ' ἐπεμαίετο κώπην 11.531; χεῖρα κώπης ἐπιψαύουσαν S.Ph.1255; [[φάσγανον]] κώπης [[λαβών]] E.Hec. 543.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[handle of a key]], κώπη δ' ἐλέφαντος ἐπῆεν Od.21.7.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[haft of a torch]], E.Cyc.484 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[handle]] or [[spoke]] by which a [[mill]] is [[turn]]ed, PSI5.530.10 (iii B.C.), Agatharch.26, PRyl.167.11 (i A.D.), Luc.Asin.42.<br><span class="bld">6</span> [[haft of a whip]], Hsch.s.v. [[Κερκυραία]] [[μάστιξ]].<br><span class="bld">7</span> pl., [[spar]]s or [[bar]]s used in [[building]]-[[operation]]s, IG12.313.135. (Cf.Lat. [[capio]], Engl. [[haft]], etc.)