copis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοπίς (kopís), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔ.pɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkɔː.pis]

Noun

copis f (genitive copidis); third declension

1. A short sword

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	copis	copidēs
genitive	copidis	copidum
dative	copidī	copidibus
accusative	copidem	copidēs
ablative	copide	copidibus
vocative	copis	copidēs

References

• “copis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “copis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “copis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “copis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “copis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin