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κώπη (kōpē) an oar ^TEGMC

κώπη-η, ἡ,

handle (see. near the end); especially

__1 handle of an oar, [Refs 5th c.AD+]: hence, the oar itself (not in [κώπηῃς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.489; κώπηῃσιν ἁλὸς ῥηγμῖνα.. τύπτετε 12.214, compare 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 120, etc.; οἱ τὰς κ. ξύοντες 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.1.6 ">Refs 8th c.BC+], compare κωποξύστη; κώπηαν σχάσον, metaphorically, 'stay thy hand', [Refs 5th c.BC+]; νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπηῃ, ={θαλαμίτης}, metaphorically, of a man of low rank, [κώπηαις ἐρέσσων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 561 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; παραπέμπειν ἐφ᾽ ἕνδεκα κώπηαις, a proverbial of uncertain origin, meaning 'to escort with all the honours', [Refs 5th c.BC+] see at {ἐφ᾽ ἕνδεκ; κώπηαισι πλεῖν} take to the oars, when the wind fails, [κώπηαις ποιεῖσθαι τὸν πλοῦν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 710a19: poetry, to express ships, κλεινᾷ σὺν κώπηᾳ">Refs 4th c.BC+], of Agamemnon's fleet, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 handle of a sword, hilt, ἐπ᾽ ἀργυρέῃ κώπηῃ σχέθε χεῖρα [κώπηην 11.531; χεῖρα κώπηης ἐπιψαύουσαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1255; φάσγανον κώπηης λαβών 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 543. ">Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 handle of a key, κώπηη δ᾽ ἐλέφαντος ἐπῆεν [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__4 haft of a torch, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 handle or spoke by which a mill is turned, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__6 haft of a whip, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus see at {Κερκυραία μάστιξ}.
__7 plural, spars or bars used in building-operations, [Refs]. (Cf.Latin cap-io, Engl.haft, etc.)