κύπελλον

κύπελλον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κυπελλίς (kupellís)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.pel.lon/ → /ˈcy.pel.lon/ → /ˈci.pe.lon/

• (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

1. drinking-cup, goblet

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κῠ́πελλον; τοῦ κῠπέλλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῠ́πελλον tò kúpellon	τὼ κῠπέλλω tṑ kupéllō	τᾰ̀ κῠ́πελλᾰ tà kúpella
Genitive	τοῦ κῠπέλλου toû kupéllou	τοῖν κῠπέλλοιν toîn kupélloin	τῶν κῠπέλλων tôn kupéllōn
Dative	τῷ κῠπέλλῳ tôi kupéllōi	τοῖν κῠπέλλοιν toîn kupélloin	τοῖς κῠπέλλοις toîs kupéllois
Accusative	τὸ κῠ́πελλον tò kúpellon	τὼ κῠπέλλω tṑ kupéllō	τᾰ̀ κῠ́πελλᾰ tà kúpella
Vocative	κῠ́πελλον kúpellon	κῠπέλλω kupéllō	κῠ́πελλᾰ kúpella
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)

Further reading

• “κύπελλον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κύπελλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κύπελλον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κύπελλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press