κίλλιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

Furnée connects it with κελλόν (kellón, “twisted, athwart”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin in view of the variation κιλ-/κελ-.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kíl.liks/ → /ˈcil.liks/ → /ˈci.liks/

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

Noun

κῐ́λλῐξ • (kíllix) m (genitive κῐ́λλῐκος); third declension

1. ox with crooked horns

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κῐ́λλῐξ; τοῦ κῐ́λλῐκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῐ́λλῐξ ho kíllix	τὼ κῐ́λλῐκε tṑ kíllike	οἱ κῐ́λλῐκες hoi kíllikes
Genitive	τοῦ κῐ́λλῐκος toû kíllikos	τοῖν κῐλλῐ́κοιν toîn killíkoin	τῶν κῐλλῐ́κων tôn killíkōn
Dative	τῷ κῐ́λλῐκῐ tôi kílliki	τοῖν κῐλλῐ́κοιν toîn killíkoin	τοῖς κῐ́λλῐξῐ / κῐ́λλῐξῐν toîs kíllixi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κῐ́λλῐκᾰ tòn kíllika	τὼ κῐ́λλῐκε tṑ kíllike	τοὺς κῐ́λλῐκᾰς toùs kíllikas
Vocative	κῐ́λλῐξ kíllix	κῐ́λλῐκε kíllike	κῐ́λλῐκες kíllikes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Etymology 2

Furnée connects it with κύλιξ (kúlix, “drinking cup”), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin in view of the interchange λ/λλ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kíl.liks/ → /ˈcil.liks/ → /ˈci.liks/

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

Noun

κῐ́λλῐξ • (kíllix) m (genitive κῐ́λλῐκος); third declension

1. jar

   Synonym: στάμνος (stámnos)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ κῐ́λλῐξ; τοῦ κῐ́λλῐκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κῐ́λλῐξ ho kíllix	τὼ κῐ́λλῐκε tṑ kíllike	οἱ κῐ́λλῐκες hoi kíllikes
Genitive	τοῦ κῐ́λλῐκος toû kíllikos	τοῖν κῐλλῐ́κοιν toîn killíkoin	τῶν κῐλλῐ́κων tôn killíkōn
Dative	τῷ κῐ́λλῐκῐ tôi kílliki	τοῖν κῐλλῐ́κοιν toîn killíkoin	τοῖς κῐ́λλῐξῐ / κῐ́λλῐξῐν toîs kíllixi(n)
Accusative	τὸν κῐ́λλῐκᾰ tòn kíllika	τὼ κῐ́λλῐκε tṑ kíllike	τοὺς κῐ́λλῐκᾰς toùs kíllikas
Vocative	κῐ́λλῐξ kíllix	κῐ́λλῐκε kíllike	κῐ́λλῐκες kíllikes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κίλλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN