Κῶπαι - Stephanos Ethnika

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Entry #312
Greek source: meineke
Meineke: 401.12 | Billerbeck: Κ312
OCR: gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-23
Word count: 42
AI prompt: v1
Sources: Ἐπαφρόδιτος (Epaphroditus) fr. 18 Braswell/Billerbeck = fr. 19 Lünzner, Ὅμηρος (Homer) Β 502 [Iliad (Β 502)]
Entities: Κῶπαι (Copae (Kopai)) [place], Κῶπαι (Copae (acc. form)) [place], Εὔτρησις (Eutresis) [place], Κωπαῖος (Kopaios (eponym)) [person], Πλαταιεύς (Plataeus) [person], Ὀγχέστης (Onchestus) [place], Ποσειδῶν (Poseidon) [deity], Κωπαΐτης (Copaean (citizen)) [person], Κωπαῖος (Kopaios) [person], Κωπαία ((Lake) Copae (Kopaia)) [place], Κωπαιεύς (Kopaieus (demonym/eponym)) [person], Κωπαΐς (Lake Copais) [place], Λευκωνίς (Leukonis) [place]
Etymologies: Eponym Person: From Kopēos, the Plataean of Onchestos (of Poseidon).; Morphological Composition: And it is from (the form) Kōpaîos, as 'Athenaios' is from 'Athēnai'.
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Κῶπαι, πόλις Βοιωτική. Ὅμηρος “Κώπας Εὔτρησίν τε”. ἀπὸ Κωπέως τοῦ Πλαταιέως τοῦ Ὀγχηστοῦ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. ὁ πολίτης Κωπαΐτης, ὡς Ἐπαφρόδιτος. ἔστι δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ Κωπαῖος, ὡς Ἀθηναῖος Ἀθηναΐτης, λέγεται δὲ καὶ Κωπαία λίμνη. καὶ Κωπαιεύς. καὶ ἡ λίμνη Κωπαΐς, ἣ ἐλέγετο Λευκωνίς.

Kōpai: a city of Boeotia. Homer (Il. 2.502): “Kōpas and Eutresis too.” (So called) from Kōpeus, the Plataean, (son) of Onchestos, (son) of Poseidon. The citizen (ethnic) is Kōpaitēs, as Epaphroditus (records). It is, however, derived from the form Kōpaios, just as from Athēnaios comes Athēnaïtēs. There is also a Lake Kōpaia. (One also says) Kōpaieus, and the lake (is called) Kōpais, which used to be called Leukōnis.

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Herodian 1.338

char LCS 45 (20.8%) · word LCS 8 (19.0%)

Stephanos

Κῶπαι, πόλις Βοιωτική. Ὅμηρος “Κώπας Εὔτρησίν τε”. ἀπὸ Κωπέως τοῦ Πλαταιέως τοῦ Ὀγχηστοῦ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. ὁ πολίτης Κωπαΐτης, ὡς Ἐπαφρόδιτος. ἔστι δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ Κωπαῖος, ὡς Ἀθηναῖος Ἀθηναΐτης, λέγεται δὲ καὶ Κωπαία λίμνη. καὶ Κωπαιεύς. καὶ ἡ λίμνη Κωπαΐς, ἣ ἐλέγετο Λευκωνίς.

Herodian

…ὴν εἰς φωνῆεν λήγουσαν μὴ τὸ 'ο' ἢ 'ι' βαρύνεται, νάπη· ἔστι καὶ Νάπη πόλις Λέσβου, ἣν Λάπην ὀνομάζει Ἑλλάνικος ἐν δευτέρῳ Λεσβιακῶν. λύπη, σκέπη, κώπη· εἰσὶ καὶ Κῶπαι πόλις Βοιωτιακή. Ὅμηρος »Κώπας Εὔτρησίν τε« (Β 502) ἀπὸ Κωπέως τοῦ Πλαταιέως τοῦ Ὀγχηστοῦ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος. σήπη, λώπη, γύπη, κύπη εἶδος πλοίου· ἔστι καὶ Σικελίας φρούριον Κύπη. Φίλιστος Σικελικῶν ἐνάτῳ. Ῥύπαι πόλις Ἀχαϊκή. λέγεται καὶ Ῥυπαίη. Κάπαι πόλις Ἑλλησποντία. Ἀνδροτίων γʹ Ἀτθίδος. τὸ δὲ τυπή ὀξύνεται καὶ τὸ ῥοπή καὶ…