κύπελλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κυπελλίς (kupellís)

Etymology

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

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

Noun

κύπελλον • (kúpellon) n (genitive κῠπέλλου); second declension

drinking-cup, goblet

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κῠ́πελλον; τοῦ κῠπέλλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῠ́πελλον tò kŭ́pellon	τὼ κῠπέλλω tṑ kŭpéllō	τᾰ̀ κῠ́πελλᾰ tằ kŭ́pellă
Genitive	τοῦ κῠπέλλου toû kŭpéllou	τοῖν κῠπέλλοιν toîn kŭpélloin	τῶν κῠπέλλων tôn kŭpéllōn
Dative	τῷ κῠπέλλῳ tōî kŭpéllōi	τοῖν κῠπέλλοιν toîn kŭpélloin	τοῖς κῠπέλλοις toîs kŭpéllois
Accusative	τὸ κῠ́πελλον tò kŭ́pellon	τὼ κῠπέλλω tṑ kŭpéllō	τᾰ̀ κῠ́πελλᾰ tằ kŭ́pellă
Vocative	κῠ́πελλον kŭ́pellon	κῠπέλλω kŭpéllō	κῠ́πελλᾰ kŭ́pellă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀμφικύπελλος (amphikúpellos)
κυπελλομάχος (kupellomákhos)
κυπελλοτόκος (kupellotókos)
κυπελλοφόρος (kupellophóros)
κυπελλοχάρων (kupellokhárōn)

Descendants

Greek: κύπελλο (kýpello)