copis

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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