ἄκοπ-ος (akopos)

Where it lives

On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
Phaedrus 1 · 0.6/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Laws 2 · 0.19/10k

What it meant

1. ἄκοπ-ος · akop-os — LSJ

unwearied

unwearied, Pl. Lg. 789d. Adv. -πως, διαπονεῖν Hp. Vict. 3.70: Comp., ἡγούμενος -ωτέρως ἔσεσθαι τοῖς στρατιώταις prob. in Hell.Oxy. 17.2.

2 free from trouble

free from trouble, Amips. 28.

3 unbruised

unbruised, of fruit, etc., PHib. 49.9 (Sup., iii B. C.).

II not wearying, easy

Act., not wearying, ὄχησις Pl. Ti. 89a; of a horse, easy, X. Eq. 1.6 (Comp.); τοῖς τετράποσιν ἄκοπον τὸ ἑστάναι Arist. PA 689b17.

2 removing weariness, refreshing, application, for relief

removing weariness, refreshing, Hp. Aph. 2.48, Acut. 66, Pl. Phdr. 227a, Agathin. ap. Orib. 10.7.21 (Comp.):— ἄκοπον (sc. φάρμακον), τό, application (of various kinds) for relief of pain, etc., Dsc. 1.1, Gal. 13.1005, Luc. Alex. 22, etc., cf. Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.29; in Asclep. ap. Gal. 13.343 also ἄκοπος, ἡ.

3

= ἀνάγυρος, Dsc. 3.150, Sch. Nic. Th. 71.

III not worm-eaten

(from κόπτω) not worm-eaten, Arist. Pr. 909a19. Adv. -πως, ἔχειν Thphr. CP 4.16.2.

2 not broken, ground, whole, not moth-eaten

not broken or ground, whole, πέπερι Alex.Aphr. Pr. 1.67; not moth-eaten, ἱμάτια Thphr. HP 4.4.2.

3 uncut

uncut, χόρτος PFlor. 232.11 (iii A. D.).

2. ἄκωπος · akōpos — LSJ

without oars

without oars, AP 9.88 (Phil.).

In the wild

ἀκοπώτερα · akopōtera Plato, Laws 736
ἄκοπα · akopa Plato, Laws 789
ἀκοπωτέρους · akopōterous Plato, Phaedrus 227 (DIORISIS sentence 5)
ἄκοποι · akopoi Plato, Timaeus 89 (DIORISIS sentence 855)
ἀκοπώτερον · akopōteron Xenophon, On the Art of Horsemanship 1.6 (DIORISIS sentence 30)

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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