Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.handle (v. fin.); esp.

1. handle of an oar, Hsch.: hence, the oar itself (not in Il.), “ἐμβαλέειν κώπῃς” Od.9.489; “κώπῃσιν ἁλὸς ῥηγμῖνα . . τύπτετε” 12.214, cf. Sapph.120, etc.; “οἱ τὰς κ. ξύοντες” Thphr. HP5.1.6, cf. κωποξύστης; κώπαν σχάσον, metaph., 'stay thy hand', Pi.P.10.51; νερτέρᾳ προσήμενος κώπῃ, = θαλαμίτης, metaph., of a man of low rank, A.Ag.1618; “πομπίμοις κώπαις ἐρέσσων” S.Tr.561; παραπέμπειν ἐφ᾽ ἕνδεκα κώπαις, a prov. of dub. origin, meaning 'to escort with all the honours', Ar.Eq.546, cf. Eust.1540.44, Suid. s.v. ἐφ᾽ ἕνδεκα; κώπαισι πλεῖν take to the oars, when the wind fails, Men. 241; “κώπαις ποιεῖσθαι τὸν πλοῦν” Arist.IA710a19: poet., to express ships, κλεινᾷ σὺν κώπᾳ, of Agamemnon's fleet, E.IT140 (lyr.), cf. Hel.1272, 1452 (lyr.).

2. handle of a sword, hilt, “ἐπ᾽ ἀργυρέῃ κώπῃ σχέθε χεῖρα” Il.1.219, cf. Od.8.403; “ξίφεος δ᾽ ἐπεμαίετο κώπην” 11.531; “χεῖρα κώπης ἐπιψαύουσαν” S.Ph.1255; “φάσγανον κώπης λαβών” E.Hec. 543.

3. handle of a key, “κώπη δ᾽ ἐλέφαντος ἐπῆεν” Od.21.7.

4. haft of a torch, E.Cyc.484 (anap.).

5. handle or spoke by which a mill is turned, PSI5.530.10 (iii B.C.), Agatharch.26, PRyl.167.11 (i A.D.), Luc.Asin.42.

6. haft of a whip, Hsch.s.v. Κερκυραία μάστιξ.

7. pl., spars or bars used in building-operations, IG12.313.135. (Cf.Lat. cap-io, Engl.haft, etc.)