copis
copis, a short, curved sword, yataghan
- abundantly supplied with something, abounding in, rich: ut amantem erilem copem facerem filium, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 3, 117 (351): aliquem copem causarum facere, Turp. ap. Non. p. 84, 22 (Com. Rel. v. 61 Rib.); Pac. ib. (Trag. Rel. v. 307 id.): copi pectore, Plaut. Ps. 2, 3, 8 (674).
- a short sword, Curt. 8, 14, 29; Ap. Met. 11, 8, 4 dub. (MSS. crepides).
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- , κοπίς, a short, curved sword, yataghan, Cu.
COPIS(κοπίς), a curved sword, like a falx, and therefore a kind of scimitar (Xen. Eq. 12.1. 1: copidas vocabant gladios leviter curvatos, falcibus similes, Curt. 8.14.29). It was used by the Thessalians (Eur. Elect. 837) and by the eastern nations (Xen. Cyr. 2.1, § 9, 6.2.10; Curt. l. c.).
Copis was also the name of a knife used in cutting the flesh of animals in sacrifices and the kitchen (Poll. 10.104; Athen. 4. p. 169 b; Plut. Lyc. 2). It is used as an adjective with μάχαιρα by Euripides (Eur. Cycl. 241).
[W.S](κοπίς). (1) A sword or scimetar, curved like a sickle and used by the Thessalians and in the East (Eurip. Electra, 837; Xen. Cyrop. ii. 1).
(2) A knife used in cutting the flesh of animals in sacrifices or in the kitchen (Plut. Lyc. 2).