κόπρος, ἡ,
excrement, ordure, of men and cattle, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.329, +others, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.22, etc.: in _plural_, 3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 96.4 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially as used in husbandry, dung, manure, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 334a, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.7.4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 generally, filth, dirt, κυλινδόμενος κατὰ κόπρον [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.414, 24.640, compare “BGU” 1116.14 (1st c.BC). ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II dunghill, byre, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.575, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 10.411, 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 178; καθίσαι τινὰς ἐπὶ κόπρου 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 544.5. (In this sense oxytone κοπρός _accusative_ to 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1165.15.)] Refs 8th c.BC+] (Cf. Sanskrit śákṛt, genitive śaknás 'excrement'.)