"κόπος" meaning in Greek

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Noun

IPA: /ˈko.pos/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κόπος (“striking; fatigue”). See κόπτω (kóptō, “cut”). Etymology templates: {{inh|el|grc|κόπος|t=striking; fatigue|tr=-}} Ancient Greek κόπος (“striking; fatigue”) Head templates: {{head|el|nouns|||plural|κόποι|||||||||||||||||||||||cat2=|cat3=|cat4=|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|tr2=|ts=}} κόπος • (kópos) m (plural κόποι), {{el-noun|m|κόποι}} κόπος • (kópos) m (plural κόποι) Inflection templates: {{el-decl-noun|κόπος|κόποι|κόπου|κόπων|κόπο|κόπους|κόπε|κόποι|note=}} Forms: kópos [romanization], κόποι [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], κόπος [nominative, singular], κόποι [nominative, plural], κόπου [genitive, singular], κόπων [genitive, plural], κόπο [accusative, singular], κόπους [accusative, plural], κόπε [singular, vocative], κόποι [plural, vocative]
  1. toil, hard work, effort Synonyms: προσπάθεια
    Sense id: en-κόπος-el-noun-cK90S0jv Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 11 14 4 13 16 17 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 11 14 4 13 16 17 11
  2. suffering
    Sense id: en-κόπος-el-noun-~r6JZ68A Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 11 14 4 13 16 17 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 11 14 4 13 16 17 11
  3. fatigue
    Sense id: en-κόπος-el-noun-QGTmqaQ0 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Greek entries with incorrect language header, Greek nouns declining like 'δρόμος' Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 11 14 4 13 16 17 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 11 14 4 13 16 17 11 Disambiguation of Greek entries with incorrect language header: 17 26 42 15 Disambiguation of Greek nouns declining like 'δρόμος': 18 22 43 17
  4. pay, wages (for such work)
    Sense id: en-κόπος-el-noun-j8kGXxKp Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 11 14 4 13 16 17 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 11 14 4 13 16 17 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: μόχθος (móchthos) [masculine], αγγαρεία (angareía) [feminine] Derived forms: άδικος κόπος (ádikos kópos) (english: a toil in vain), βάζω σε κόπο (vázo se kópo), μην κάνετε τον κόπο (min kánete ton kópo) [polite], μπαίνω στον κόπο (baíno ston kópo), χαμένος κόπος (chaménos kópos) (english: a toil in vain) Related terms: άκοπος (ákopos) (english: sense: not hard), κοπιάζω (kopiázo) (english: I toil, labour), κοπιαστικός (kopiastikós) (english: tiresome), κοπιώδης (kopiódis) (english: tiresome), κόπωση (kóposi) (english: fatigue) [feminine], compounds of -κοπος (-kopos), -κοπώ (-kopó), and see κόπτω (kópto), δουλειά (douleiá) (english: work) [feminine]

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a toil in vain",
      "roman": "ádikos kópos",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "vázo se kópo",
      "word": "βάζω σε κόπο"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "min kánete ton kópo",
      "tags": [
        "polite"
      ],
      "word": "μην κάνετε τον κόπο"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "baíno ston kópo",
      "word": "μπαίνω στον κόπο"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a toil in vain",
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "kópos",
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    },
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      "form": "κόποι",
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      "form": "el-nM-ος-οι-2a",
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      "english": "sense: not hard",
      "roman": "ákopos",
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      "english": "I toil, labour",
      "roman": "kopiázo",
      "word": "κοπιάζω"
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      "english": "tiresome",
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          "wages",
          "wages"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.pos/"
    }
  ],
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "móchthos",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "αγγαρεία"
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  ],
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      "english": "a toil in vain",
      "roman": "ádikos kópos",
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    },
    {
      "roman": "vázo se kópo",
      "word": "βάζω σε κόπο"
    },
    {
      "roman": "min kánete ton kópo",
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    },
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      "roman": "baíno ston kópo",
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    },
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      "english": "a toil in vain",
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      "english": "sense: not hard",
      "roman": "ákopos",
      "word": "άκοπος"
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    {
      "english": "I toil, labour",
      "roman": "kopiázo",
      "word": "κοπιάζω"
    },
    {
      "english": "tiresome",
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    },
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    },
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      "english": "fatigue",
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          "fatigue",
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        "pay, wages (for such work)"
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          "pay",
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          "wages",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈko.pos/"
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    {
      "roman": "móchthos",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μόχθος"
    },
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      "roman": "angareía",
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      ],
      "word": "αγγαρεία"
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  "word": "κόπος"
}

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