Infinitive
Gerund
en copant
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | cop |
| 2nd sing. | copes |
| 3rd sing. | cope |
| 1st plur. | copons |
| 2nd plur. | copez |
| 3rd plur. | copent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | copoie; copeie; copoe; copeve |
| 2nd sing. | copoies; copeies; copoes; copeves |
| 3rd sing. | copoit; copeit; copot; copeve |
| 1st plur. | copiiens; copiens |
| 2nd plur. | copiiez; copiez |
| 3rd plur. | copoient; copeient; copoent; copevent |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | copai |
| 2nd sing. | copas |
| 3rd sing. | copa |
| 1st plur. | copames |
| 2nd plur. | copastes |
| 3rd plur. | coperent |
Future
| 1st sing. | coperai |
| 2nd sing. | coperas |
| 3rd sing. | copera |
| 1st plur. | coperons |
| 2nd plur. | coperoiz; copereiz; coperez |
| 3rd plur. | coperont |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | coperoie; copereie |
| 2nd sing. | coperoies; copereies |
| 3rd sing. | coperoit; copereit |
| 1st plur. | coperiiens; coperiens |
| 2nd plur. | coperiiez; coperiez |
| 3rd plur. | coperoient; copereient |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | cop |
| 2nd sing. | cos |
| 3rd sing. | cot |
| 1st plur. | copons |
| 2nd plur. | copez |
| 3rd plur. | copent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | copasse |
| 2nd sing. | copasses |
| 3rd sing. | copast |
| 1st plur. | copissons; copissiens |
| 2nd plur. | copissoiz; copissez; copissiez |
| 3rd plur. | copassent |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | cope |
| 1st plur. | copons |
| 2nd plur. | copez |
Verbs conjugated like coper
galoper,
envoluper,
estoper,
escaper,
coper,
huper,
soper,
entraper,
eschaper,
fraper,
graper,
colper,
craper,
harper,
Etymology
1. From cop + -er, with cop deriving from Vulgar Latin *colpus, from colaphus. Generally said to be from an earlier colper, corresponding to a Vulgar Latin verb *colpāre (related to Early Medieval Latin colpus), syncopated form of *colaphāre, from Latin colaphus. Compare Old Spanish golpar, colpar, Old Galician-Portuguese golpar, golbar, Old Occitan colpar, copar.
2. Alternatively, possibly from Vulgar Latin *cuppāre (“to behead”), from caput (“head”), although this is unlikely. See: Old Occitan '
colpar'.
Verbs referencing "coper"
English
cope, French
couper, Wallon côper.
Sample Sentences
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La teste li eüst copee (He cut off his head) [c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:]
Cognates
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