κόπτω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kop- (to strike, to beat).

Compare Old Church Slavonic скопити (skopiti, castrate), Lithuanian kaplys (hatchet), Old High German happa (scythe), English hatchet.

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κόπτω • (kóptō)

  1. (transitive) to strike; cut; shake
    1. (transitive) to knock
      • 2022 May 18, Seumas Macdonald, chapter 5, in Linguae Graecae Per Se Illustrata:
        ἰδού, ἔστιν ἀνήρ πρὸς τῇ θύρᾳ. ἐκεῖνος οὖν κόπτει.
        idoú, éstin anḗr pròs têi thúrāi. ekeînos oûn kóptei.
        Look, there is a man by the door. He then knocks.

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Byzantine Greek: κόβω (kóbō)
  • Mariupol Greek: ко́фту (kóftu)
  • Greek: κόπτω (kópto)

References

Greek

Etymology

This form was a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κόπτω (kóptō) found in Katharevousa; compare the inherited doublet κόβω (kóvo).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈko.pto/
  • Hyphenation: κό‧πτω

Verb

κόπτω • (kópto) (past έκοψα, passive κόπτομαι)

  1. (dated) Alternative form of κόβω (kóvo)

Conjugation

  • απρόσκοπτος (apróskoptos, unhindered, adjective)
  • καφεκοπτείο (kafekopteío)
  • κοπτήρας m (koptíras, incisor)
  • κοπτήριο n (koptírio)
  • κόπτης m (kóptis, cutter, wire cutter)
  • Κόπτης m (Kóptis, Copt)
  • κοπτικός (koptikós)
  • κοπτοράπτης m (koptoráptis)
  • νυχοκόπτης m (nychokóptis)
  • χαρτοκόπτης m (chartokóptis)
  • χαρτοκοπτική f (chartokoptikí)
  • χρονοδιακόπτης m (chronodiakóptis)
  • and see: κόβω (kóvo)
compounds and derivatives
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