Κωπαΐς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • Κωπᾷς (Kōpāîs)

Etymology

From Κῶπαι (Kôpai, “Copia”) +‎ -ίς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κωπᾱῐ̈́ς • (Kōpāĭ̈́s) f (genitive Κωπᾱῐ̈́δος); third declension

  1. Copais, a former lake in Boeotia

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Κωπᾱῐ̈́ς; τῆς Κωπᾱῐ̈́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Κωπᾱῐ̈́ς
hē Kōpāĭ̈́s
Genitive τῆς Κωπᾱῐ̈́δος
tês Kōpāĭ̈́dos
Dative τῇ Κωπᾱῐ̈́δῐ
tēî Kōpāĭ̈́dĭ
Accusative τὴν Κωπᾱῐ̈́δᾰ
tḕn Kōpāĭ̈́dă
Vocative Κωπᾱῐ̈́ς
Kōpāĭ̈́s
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-δς (*-ds).
  • Κωπαιῆς (Kōpaiês)

Descendants

  • Greek: Κωπαΐς (Kopaḯs); Κωπαΐδα (Kopaḯda)
  • Latin: Cōpāïs

References

  • “κωπαΐς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, pages 1,006, 1,007
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