πυτίνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • βυτίνη (butínē)

Etymology

Likely of Pre-Greek origin, based on the interchange π/β observed between the word and its variant βυτίνη (butínē), as well as the presence of the often pre-Greek infix -ῑn-.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πῡτῑ́νη • (pūtī́nēf (genitive πῡτῑ́νης); first declension

  1. a flagon, flask

Inflection

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πυτίνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1264
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βυτίνη”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 250

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