κύλιξ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κυλίσκη (kulískē)

Etymology

Traditionally compared to Latin calix (“deep bowl, cup”) but a variation *a/u is unknown in Indo-European words. For the same reason, κάλυξ (kálux, “husk”) is not identical with this word. The presence of the variation leads to a Pre-Greek origin, as well as the typical Pre-Greek suffix -ικ-.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.liks/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.liks/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.liks/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.liks/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.liks/

Noun

κῠ́λῐξ • (kŭ́lĭx) f (genitive κῠ́λῐκος); third declension

a cup, often for wine

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κῠ́λῐξ; τῆς κῠ́λῐκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κῠ́λῐξ hē kŭ́lĭx	τὼ κῠ́λῐκε tṑ kŭ́lĭke	αἱ κῠ́λῐκες hai kŭ́lĭkes
Genitive	τῆς κῠ́λῐκος tês kŭ́lĭkos	τοῖν κῠλῐ́κοιν toîn kŭlĭ́koin	τῶν κῠλῐ́κων tôn kŭlĭ́kōn
Dative	τῇ κῠ́λῐκῐ tēî kŭ́lĭkĭ	τοῖν κῠλῐ́κοιν toîn kŭlĭ́koin	ταῖς κῠ́λῐξῐ / κῠ́λῐξῐν taîs kŭ́lĭxĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κῠ́λῐκᾰ tḕn kŭ́lĭkă	τὼ κῠ́λῐκε tṑ kŭ́lĭke	τᾱ̀ς κῠ́λῐκᾰς tā̀s kŭ́lĭkăs
Vocative	κῠ́λῐξ kŭ́lĭx	κῠ́λῐκε kŭ́lĭke	κῠ́λῐκες kŭ́lĭkes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

εὐκύλικος (eukúlikos)
κυλικεῖον (kulikeîon)
κυλίκειος (kulíkeios)
κυλικηγορέω (kulikēgoréō)
κυλικηγόρος (kulikēgóros)
κυλικήρυτος (kulikḗrutos)
κυλίκιον (kulíkion)
κυλικοφόρος (kulikophóros)
κυλικώδης (kulikṓdēs)

Descendants

Greek: κύλικα (kýlika)
→ English: kylix
→ Polish: kyliks