χύτλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-, the same root of χέω (khéō, “to pour, cast”). The suffix is from Proto-Indo-European *-trom.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰý.tlon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰy.tlon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈçy.tlon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçy.tlon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçi.tlon/
Noun
χῠ́τλον • (khŭ́tlon) n (genitive χῠ́τλου); second declension
- anything that can be poured, liquid, fluid
- (in the plural) water for washing, bath
- (in the plural) libations to the dead
- mixture of water and oil, rubbed in after bathing
- Synonym: ὑδρέλαιον (hudrélaion)
- stream, running water
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χῠ́τλον tò khŭ́tlon |
τὼ χῠ́τλω tṑ khŭ́tlō |
τᾰ̀ χῠ́τλᾰ tằ khŭ́tlă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χῠ́τλου toû khŭ́tlou |
τοῖν χῠ́τλοιν toîn khŭ́tloin |
τῶν χῠ́τλων tôn khŭ́tlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χῠ́τλῳ tōî khŭ́tlōi |
τοῖν χῠ́τλοιν toîn khŭ́tloin |
τοῖς χῠ́τλοις toîs khŭ́tlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χῠ́τλον tò khŭ́tlon |
τὼ χῠ́τλω tṑ khŭ́tlō |
τᾰ̀ χῠ́τλᾰ tằ khŭ́tlă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χῠ́τλον khŭ́tlon |
χῠ́τλω khŭ́tlō |
χῠ́τλᾰ khŭ́tlă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κατάχυτλον (katákhutlon)
- χυτλάζω (khutlázō)
- χυτλόω (khutlóō)
Further reading
- “χύτλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χύτλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χύτλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette