κόπρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷr̥. Cognates include Old Irish cechar (“quagmire, slough, bog”), Sanskrit छगण (chagaṇa, “dried cow-dung”), and Lithuanian šikna (“arse”), šikti (“defecate”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κόπρος • (kópros) f (genitive κόπρου); second declension

  1. dung, ordure
    1. (especially in husbandry) dung, manure
    • 8th c. BCE, Homer, Odyssey, 9.329–330 (transl. A.T. Murray):
      καὶ τὸ μὲν εὖ κατέθηκα κατακρύψας ὑπὸ κόπρῳ, ἥ ῥα κατὰ σπείους κέχυτο μεγάλ’ ἤλιθα πολλή·
      Then I laid it carefully away, hiding it beneath the dung, which lay in great heaps throughout the cave.
  2. filth, dirt
  3. a farmyard, dunghill

Inflection
Second declension of ἡ κόπρος; τῆς κόπρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κόπρος
hē kópros		 τὼ κόπρω
tṑ kóprō		 αἱ κόπροι
hai kóproi
Genitive τῆς κόπρου
tês kóprou		 τοῖν κόπροιν
toîn kóproin		 τῶν κόπρων
tôn kóprōn
Dative τῇ κόπρῳ
têi kóprōi		 τοῖν κόπροιν
toîn kóproin		 ταῖς κόπροις
taîs kóprois
Accusative τὴν κόπρον
tḕn kópron		 τὼ κόπρω
tṑ kóprō		 τᾱ̀ς κόπρους
tā̀s kóprous
Vocative κόπρε
kópre		 κόπρω
kóprō		 κόπροι
kóproi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros).

Noun

κόπρος • (kópros) f (uncountable)

  1. faeces, shit, manure
  2. dirt
Declension
Declension of κόπρος (kópros)
singular
nominative κόπρος •
genitive κόπρου •
accusative κόπρο •
vocative κόπρε •  κόπρο •
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

κόπρος • (kópros) m (plural κόπροι)

  1. stray dog
Declension
declension of κόπρος
singular plural
nominative κόπρος • κόπροι •
genitive κόπρου • κόπρων •
accusative κόπρο • κόπρους •
vocative κόπρε • κόπροι •
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