οἰνοχόος

See also: οινοχόος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From οἶνος (oînos, “wine”) +‎ χέω (khéō, “to pour”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /oi̯.no.kʰó.os/ → /y.noˈxo.os/ → /i.noˈxo.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /oi̯.no.kʰó.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /y.noˈkʰo.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /y.noˈxo.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /y.noˈxo.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.noˈxo.os/

Noun

οἰνοχόος • (oinokhóos) m (genitive οἰνοχόου); second declension

1. cupbearer

Descendants

• Greek: οινοχόος m (oinochóos)
• Latin: oenochoos m

Further reading

• “οἰνοχόος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “οἰνοχόος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• οἰνοχόος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• οἰνοχόος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • cup-bearer idem, page 189.