κοπ-ιάω,
future -άσω [ᾱ]: aorist ἐκοπίᾱσα [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Φάσμα” 36 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect κεκοπίᾱκα [[ NT.Rev.2.3 ] NT]: (κόπος):—to be tired, grow weary, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 795, “fragment” 318.8, LXX.Deu.25.18, +others; κ. τὰ σκέλη 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 147 ] LXX+5th c.BC+], Men.[same place]; κ. ὑπὸ ἀγαθῶν to be weary of good things, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 735; ἐκ τῆς ὁδοιπορίας NT.John.4.6; τῇ διανοίᾳ 3rd c.BC: Erasistratus Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ ἐθῶν - Scripta Minora” 1 ] NT+5th c.BC+]: with participle, κ. ὀρχούμενοι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 602; ζῶν “Anthologia Graeca” 12.46 (3rd c.BC: Asclepiades Epigrammaticus); μὴ κοπιάτω φιλοσοφῶν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 3p.59U., compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.185e: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist participle κοπιάσας, defunctus laboribus, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 14.1811] Refs]:—middle in active sense, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 881a14. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II work hard, toil, [[NT.Matt.6.28, etc.; μεθ᾽ ἡδονῆς κ. 2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 266.6; εἴς τι NT.1Tim.4.10, cf. NT.Rom.16.6; ἔν τινι NT.1Tim.5.17; ἐπί τι LXX.Josh.24.13 ] NT+2nd c.AD+]: with infinitive, strive, struggle, μὴ κοπία ζητεῖν [[ “Lyrica Alexandrina Adespota” 37.7. ] Refs]
__III ={κοπάζω}, come to rest: arrive at a state of saturation, [[ PLeid.X. 30 (3rd-4th c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]