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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From προκόπτω (prokóptō, “to advance”) + -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pro.ko.pɛ̌ː/ → /pro.koˈpi/ → /pro.koˈpi/
Noun
προκοπή • (prokopḗ) f (genitive προκοπῆς); first declension
- progress in a journey
- progress, advancement
- improvement
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “προκοπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “προκοπή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- προκοπή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G4297 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek προκοπή (prokopḗ).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾokoˈpi/
- Hyphenation: προ‧κο‧πή
Noun
προκοπή • (prokopí) f (plural προκοπές)
- success, prosperity, progress, advancement
- Κανείς δεν βλέπει προκοπή χωρίς δουλειά. ― Kaneís den vlépei prokopí chorís douleiá. ― No one has success without work.
- Τα αχλάδια δεν είχαν προκοπή φέτος. ― Ta achládia den eíchan prokopí fétos. ― The pears weren't successful (didn't grow) this year.
- Ο αδελφός μου δεν έχει προκοπή με κανέναν. ― O adelfós mou den échei prokopí me kanénan. ― My brother isn't successful (doesn't get along) with anyone.
- industry, industriousness, hard work, diligence
- Antonym: ανεπροκοπιά (aneprokopiá)
- Η προκοπή νικάει τη φτώχια. ― I prokopí nikáei ti ftóchia. ― Diligence beats poverty.
- Είναι καλός εργάτης, όταν τον πιάσει η προκοπή! ― Eínai kalós ergátis, ótan ton piásei i prokopí! ― He's a good worker, when hard work strikes him!
- (by extension) The money or other rewards that come from industry or hard work.
- Τόσα χρόνια δούλευε σαν σκυλί ο πατέρας μου αλλά προκοπή καμία. ― Tósa chrónia doúleve san skylí o patéras mou allá prokopí kamía. ― My father worked so many years like a dog but got no reward.
Declension
Derived terms
- ανεπρόκοπος (aneprókopos, “unsuccessful, lazy, wretched”), απρόκοπος (aprókopos)
- κοπή f (kopí, “cutting, felling”)
- προκόβω (prokóvo, “progress, thrive, succeed”)
- Προκόπης (Prokópis), Προκόπιος (Prokópios)