κώπη
κώπ-η,
ἡ,
A). handle (v. fin.); esp.
1). 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. HP 5.1.6 , 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 prov. of dub. origin, meaning 'to escort with all the honours',
Ar. Eq. 546 , cf.
Eust. 1540.44 ,
Suid. s.v.
ἐφ’ ἕνδεκα; κώπαισι πλεῖν take to the
oars, when the wind fails,
Men. 241 ;
κώπαις ποιεῖσθαι τὸν πλοῦν Arist. IA 710a19 : poet., to express ships,
κλεινᾷ σὺν κώπᾳ, of Agamemnon's fleet,
E. IT 140 (lyr.), cf.
Hel. 1272 ,
1452 (lyr.).
3). handle of a key,
κώπη δ’ ἐλέφαντος ἐπῆεν Od. 21.7 .
6). haft of a whip, Hsch. s.v. Κερκυραία μάστιξ .
7). pl., spars or bars used in building-operations, IG 12.313.135 . (Cf.Lat. cap-io, Engl.haft, etc.)
ShortDef
the handle of an oar
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κώπ-η</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">handle</span> (v. fin.); esp. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">handle of an oar</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span></span>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the oar</span> itself (not in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span></span>), <span class="quote greek">ἐμβαλέειν κώπῃς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:9:489" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:9.489/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 9.489 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κώπῃσιν ἁλὸς ῥηγμῖνα .. τύπτετε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:12:214" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:12.214/canonical-url/"> 12.214 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 120 </span>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">οἱ τὰς κ. ξύοντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:5:1:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:5:1:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 5.1.6 </a> , cf. <span class="foreign greek">κωποξύστης; κώπαν σχάσον</span>, metaph., \'stay thy hand\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10.51/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 10.51 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπῃ,</span> = <span class="ref greek">θαλαμίτης</span> , metaph., of a man of low rank, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1618" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1618/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ag.</span> 1618 </a>; <span class="quote greek">πομπίμοις κώπαις ἐρέσσων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:561" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg001.perseus-grc1:561/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tr.</span> 561 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">παραπέμπειν ἐφ’ ἕνδεκα κώπαις</span>, a prov. of dub. origin, meaning \'to escort with all the honours\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:546" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:546/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 546 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1540:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg4083.tlg001:1540.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eust.</span> 1540.44 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Suid.</span> </span> s.v. <span class="ref greek">ἐφ’ ἕνδεκα; κώπαισι πλεῖν</span> take to the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">oars</span>, when the wind fails, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:241" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:241/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 241 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κώπαις ποιεῖσθαι τὸν πλοῦν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg015:710a:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg015:710a.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 710a19 </a> : poet., to express ships, <span class="foreign greek">κλεινᾷ σὺν κώπᾳ</span>, of Agamemnon\'s fleet, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:140" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:140/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 140 </a> (lyr.), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1272" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1272/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 1272 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1452" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:1452/canonical-url/"> 1452 </a> (lyr.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">handle of a sword, hilt</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐπ’ ἀργυρέῃ κώπῃ σχέθε χεῖρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:219" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.219/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.219 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:403" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.403/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.403 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ξίφεος δ’ ἐπεμαίετο κώπην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:531" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.531/canonical-url/"> 11.531 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">χεῖρα κώπης ἐπιψαύουσαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1255" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1255/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 1255 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">φάσγανον κώπης λαβών</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:543" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg007.perseus-grc1:543/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hec.</span> 543 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">handle of a key</span>, <span class="quote greek">κώπη δ’ ἐλέφαντος ἐπῆεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:21:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:21.7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 21.7 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">haft of a torch</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:484" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:484/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 484 </a> (anap.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">handle</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spoke</span> by which a mill is turned, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PSI</span> 5.530.10 </span> (iii B.C.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0067.tlg001:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0067.tlg001:26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Agatharch.</span> 26 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PRyl.</span> 167.11 </span> (i A.D.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg001:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0061.tlg001:42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Asin.</span> 42 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">haft of a whip</span>, Hsch. s.v. <span class="ref greek">Κερκυραία μάστιξ</span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>7).</strong></span> pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">spars</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bars</span> used in building-operations, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.313.135 </span>. (Cf.Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cap-io</span>, Engl.<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">haft</span>, etc.)</div> </div><br><br>'}