εὔκοπος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κόπτω (kóptō, “to beat, strike, cut”), possibly with the semantics being "easy to hit."

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.ko.pos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.ko.pos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɸ.ko.pos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈef.ko.pos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈef.ko.pos/

Adjective

εὔκοπος • (eúkopos)

easy, smooth
- Gospel of Mark :
  τί ἐστιν εὐκοπώτερον, εἰπεῖν τῷ παραλυτικῷ Ἀφίενταί σου αἱ ἁμαρτίαι, ἢ εἰπεῖν Ἔγειρε καὶ ἆρον τὸν κράβαττόν σου καὶ περιπάτει;
  tí estin eukopṓteron, eipeîn tôi paralutikôi Aphíentaí sou hai hamartíai, ḕ eipeîn Égeire kaì âron tòn krábattón sou kaì peripátei?
  Translation by King James bible
  Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, 18.18.2

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