χύτρα

Ancient Greek

From Proto-Hellenic *kʰútra, neuter plural of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutrom, from *ǵʰew- (“to pour”), whence χέω (khéō, “to pour out”); the original meaning was perhaps a "container of liquids (poured things)".^[1] Cognate with Sanskrit होत्र (hotrá).

χύτρα • (khútra) f (genitive χύτρᾱς); first declension

First declension of ἡ χῠ́τρᾰ; τῆς χῠ́τρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χῠ́τρᾰ hē khŭ́tră	τὼ χῠ́τρᾱ tṑ khŭ́trā	αἱ χῠ́τραι hai khŭ́trai
Genitive	τῆς χῠ́τρᾱς tês khŭ́trās	τοῖν χῠ́τραιν toîn khŭ́train	τῶν χῠτρῶν tôn khŭtrôn
Dative	τῇ χῠ́τρᾳ tēî khŭ́trāi	τοῖν χῠ́τραιν toîn khŭ́train	ταῖς χῠ́τραις taîs khŭ́trais
Accusative	τὴν χῠ́τρᾰν tḕn khŭ́trăn	τὼ χῠ́τρᾱ tṑ khŭ́trā	τᾱ̀ς χῠ́τρᾱς tā̀s khŭ́trās
Vocative	χῠ́τρᾰ khŭ́tră	χῠ́τρᾱ khŭ́trā	χῠ́τραι khŭ́trai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “χέω, -ομαι (> DER > C. With zero grade: > 7. χύτρα)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1627-9

χύτρα • (chýtra) f (plural χύτρες)

χύτρα ταχύτητας f (chýtra tachýtitas, “pressure cooker”, literally “speed cooker”)