κώπ-η, ἡ,
handle (see. near the end); especially
__1 handle of an oar, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.AD+]: hence, the oar itself (not in [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”), ἐμβαλέειν κώπῃς 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 9.489; κώπῃσιν 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; κώπαν σχάσον, metaphorically, 'stay thy hand', [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 10.51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπῃ, ={θαλαμίτης}, metaphorically, of a man of low rank, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1618; πομπίμοις κώπαις ἐρέσσων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 561 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; παραπέμπειν ἐφ᾽ ἕνδεκα κώπαις, a proverbial of uncertain origin, meaning 'to escort with all the honours', [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 546, compare 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 1540.44, 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] see at {ἐφ᾽ ἕνδεκ; κώπαισι πλεῖν} take to the oars, when the wind fails, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 241; κώπαις ποιεῖσθαι τὸν πλοῦν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Incessu Animalium” 710a19: poetry, to express ships, κλεινᾷ σὺν κώπᾳ] Refs 4th c.BC+], of Agamemnon's fleet, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 140 (Lyric poetry), compare “Hel.” 1272, 1452 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 handle of a sword, hilt, ἐπ᾽ ἀργυρέῃ κώπῃ σχέθε χεῖρα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.219, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.403; ξίφεος δ᾽ ἐπεμαίετο κώπην 11.531; χεῖρα κώπης ἐπιψαύουσαν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1255; φάσγανον κώπης λαβών 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 543. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]