[Meaning] he [who is] verbose, a talker.
*ko/pis: o( la/los, o( r(h/twr.
The headword, the noun
ko/pis (not to be confused with the differently-accented
kappa 2057), is found in
Euripides,
Hecuba 132 (web address 1), referring to Odysseus; see also the corresponding
scholia.
Lycophron, having a predilection for nonce-words, uses it twice (
Alexandra 763 and 1464). The
scholia to these verses connect the noun
ko/pis with the verb
ko/ptw;
ko/pis is either the experienced man (
u(po\ pollw=n pragma/twn kekomme/nos) or the orator (
para\ to\ ko/ptein tou\s lo/gous).
The word is also attested in many lexicographical entries: ps.-
Zonaras and
Etymologicum Magnum (s.vv.
ko/balos and
ko/pis);
Hesychius and
Photius (s.v.
a)rgu/rou ko/pis); and
Etymologicum Gudianum, which has two entries under
ko/pis.
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