κοπρέω

κοπρ-έω,

A v. κοπρίζω.

Κοπρέω̆ς, Κοπρεύς

masc gen sg

Κοπρεύς

masc nom sg (epic ionic)

Grammatical information: f. (on the gender Schwyzer-Debrunner 34 n. 4)

Meaning: `excrement, ordure, dung, filth' (Il.).

Compounds: Compp., e. g. κοπρο-λόγος `dung-gatherer' (Ar.), κοπρο-φορά `loaf of dung' (Amorgos IV^a; Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 187 A. 2 [S. 188]).

Derivatives: A. Subst. κόπριον = κόπρος (Heraclit., Hp., inscr., pap.) with κοπριώδης `dung-like, full of dung' (Hp., Thphr., pap.), κοπριακός `belonging to dung' (pap.); κόπρανα pl. `excrements' (Hp., Aret.); κοπρία `dung-heap' (Semon., Stratt., Arist.; Scheller Oxytonierung 44); κοπρών (Ar.), - εών (Tz.), - ιών (Gortyn) `privy'; κοπροσύνη `manuring' (pap. VI^p); - Κοπρεύς herald of Eurystheus (Ο 639; Boßhardt Die Nomina auf - ευς 121); Κοπρεαῖος joking PN (Ar.); κοπρίαι pl. `buffoons' (D. C.; Lat. copreae). - B. Adj. Κόπρειος `belonging to the demos Κόπρος' (inscr.), also referring to κόπρος (Ar.), Κόπριος `id.' (Is.); κόπρινος `living in κ.' (Hp.); κοπρώδης `dung-like, dirty' (Hp., Pl., Arist.). - C. verbs. κοπρέω `manure' only fut. ptc. κοπρήσοντες (ρ 299; v. l. κοπρίσσοντες); ( ἐκ-, ἐπι-)κοπρίζω `id.' (ρ 299 v. l., Hp., Thphr.) with κόπρισις, - ισμός `manuring' (Thphr., pap.); κοπρόω `defile with dung' (Arr.) with κόπρωσις `manuring' (Thphr.; ἐκκοπρόω with - ωσις Hp.); κοπρεύω = κοπρίζω (Chios V-IV^a), κοπρεῦσαι φυτεῦσαι H.

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [544] *ḱokʷr `dung'

Etymology: Thematic form of an old r-n-stem, which is preserved in Skt. śákr̥-t, śakn-áḥ `dung'; so IE. *ḱok<sup>u̯</sup>r-. A primary verb is assumed in Lith. šikù, sìkti `cacare', Pok. 544, W.-Hofmann s. cacō and mūscerda. S. also on σκῶρ. The Lall-word κακκάω is not cognate.

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