κύλιξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κυλίσκη (kulískē)

Etymology

Traditionally compared to Latin calix (“deep bowl, cup”) but a variation *a/u is unknown in Indo-European words. For the same reason, κάλυξ (kálux, “husk”) is not identical with this word. The presence of the variation leads to a Pre-Greek origin, as well as the typical Pre-Greek suffix -ικ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.liks/ → /ˈcy.liks/ → /ˈci.liks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.liks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.liks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.liks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.liks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.liks/

Noun

κῠ́λῐξ • (kúlix) f (genitive κῠ́λῐκος); third declension

1. a cup, often for wine

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κῠ́λῐξ; τῆς κῠ́λῐκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κῠ́λῐξ hē kúlix	τὼ κῠ́λῐκε tṑ kúlike	αἱ κῠ́λῐκες hai kúlikes
Genitive	τῆς κῠ́λῐκος tês kúlikos	τοῖν κῠλῐ́κοιν toîn kulíkoin	τῶν κῠλῐ́κων tôn kulíkōn
Dative	τῇ κῠ́λῐκῐ têi kúliki	τοῖν κῠλῐ́κοιν toîn kulíkoin	ταῖς κῠ́λῐξῐ / κῠ́λῐξῐν taîs kúlixi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κῠ́λῐκᾰ tḕn kúlika	τὼ κῠ́λῐκε tṑ kúlike	τᾱ̀ς κῠ́λῐκᾰς tā̀s kúlikas
Vocative	κῠ́λῐξ kúlix	κῠ́λῐκε kúlike	κῠ́λῐκες kúlikes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εὐκύλικος (eukúlikos)
• κυλικεῖον (kulikeîon)
• κυλίκειος (kulíkeios)
• κυλικηγορέω (kulikēgoréō)
• κυλικηγόρος (kulikēgóros)
• κυλικήρυτος (kulikḗrutos)
• κυλίκιον (kulíkion)
• κυλικοφόρος (kulikophóros)
• κυλικώδης (kulikṓdēs)

 

Descendants

• → English: kylix
• → Polish: kyliks

Further reading

• “κύλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κύλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κύλιξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κύλιξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter