κύπελλον
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- κυπελλίς (kupellís)
Etymology
[edit]A widespread wanderwort and probably of Pre-Greek origin given the variants. Furnee compares κύπη (kúpē, “kind of ship”), κύβος (kúbos, “cube, square”), κύμβη (kúmbē, “drinking vessel”), and κόμβος (kómbos, “roll”). Also compare Latin cupa (“cask, vat, tub”) and Sanskrit कूप (kūpa, “pit, well, hole”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.pel.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.pel.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.pel.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.pel.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.pe.lon/
Noun
[edit]κύπελλον • (kúpellon) n (genitive
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | tò kúpellon |
tṑ kupéllō |
tà kúpella | ||||||||||
Genitive | toû kupéllou |
toîn kupélloin |
tôn kupéllōn | ||||||||||
Dative | tôi kupéllōi |
toîn kupélloin |
toîs kupéllois | ||||||||||
Accusative | tò kúpellon |
tṑ kupéllō |
tà kúpella | ||||||||||
Vocative | kúpellon |
kupéllō |
kúpella | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἀμφικύπελλος (amphikúpellos)
- κυπελλομάχος (kupellomákhos)
- κυπελλοτόκος (kupellotókos)
- κυπελλοφόρος (kupellophóros)
- κυπελλοχάρων (kupellokhárōn)
Descendants
[edit]- Greek: κύπελλο (kýpello)
Further reading
[edit]- “κύπελλον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κύπελλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κύπελλον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κύπελλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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