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κοττίς

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Connection with κοτύλη (kotúlē, bowl, dish) is a mere guess. Furnée connects this word with σκύτη (skútē, head); the geminate is not expressive, but rather points to Pre-Greek origin.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κοττῐ́ς (kottísf (genitive κοττῐ́δος); third declension

  1. Doric form of κεφαλή (kephalḗ)
  2. hairstyle with long hair on the forehead

Inflection

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κοττίς, -ίδος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 762

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