κύτος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain. According to Beekes, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“cover, skin”) (via a form *(s)kHu-t-); related to σκῦτος (skûtos, “hide, leather”), Latin cutis (“skin”), and English hide,[1] but the presumed laryngeal metathesis is problematic. Alternatively from *kew- ~ *ḱew- (“hollow”), but this is also reconstructed as *ḱewh₁-. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) In view of the formal problems and the word's semantic category, a substrate origin is possible.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.tos/
Noun
[edit]κῠ́τος • (kútos) n (genitive κῠ́τους); third declension
- a hollow
- Xenarch. 1.10
- any vessel; e.g. a jar, an urn, a vase, etc.
- (used of any hollow container) the occiput, the chest, a plant’s root, the uterus, an ox’s abomasum, the body in general, the trunk thereof, metaphorically the polis, etc.
- Achae. 4.4
- Phlp., in AP 0.417.14
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κῠ́τος tò kútos |
τὼ κῠ́τει tṑ kútei |
τᾰ̀ κῠ́τη tà kútē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κῠ́τους toû kútous |
τοῖν κῠτοῖν toîn kutoîn |
τῶν κῠτῶν tôn kutôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κῠ́τει tôi kútei |
τοῖν κῠτοῖν toîn kutoîn |
τοῖς κῠ́τεσῐ / κῠ́τεσῐν toîs kútesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κῠ́τος tò kútos |
τὼ κῠ́τει tṑ kútei |
τᾰ̀ κῠ́τη tà kútē | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῠ́τος kútos |
κῠ́τει kútei |
κῠ́τη kútē | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- κοιλοσώματον κῠ́τος (koilosṓmaton kútos)
- κῠ́τος ἀστέριον (kútos astérion, “the starry vault of heaven”)
- πλεκτὸν κῠ́τος (plektòn kútos, “basket”)
- κυτίον (kutíon, diminutive)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κύτος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 810
Further reading
[edit]- “κύτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κύτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κύτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ark idem, page 40.
- belly idem, page 72.
- body idem, page 87.
- bowl idem, page 92.
- cinerary urn idem, page 132.
- cradle idem, page 181.
- frame idem, page 342.
- hollow idem, page 403.
- husk idem, page 412.
- jar idem, page 461.
- pitcher idem, page 615.
- shell idem, page 764.
- skeleton idem, page 780.
- trunk idem, page 898.
- urn idem, page 940.
- vessel idem, page 949.
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “hollow vessel”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]κύτος • (kýtos) n (plural κύτη)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | κύτος (kýtos) | κύτη (kýti) |
genitive | κύτους (kýtous) | κυτών (kytón) |
accusative | κύτος (kýtos) | κύτη (kýti) |
vocative | κύτος (kýtos) | κύτη (kýti) |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ κύτος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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