κύτος
See also: κήτος and κῆτος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
According to Beekes derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-; related to σκῦτος (skûtos, “hide, leather”), Latin cutis (“skin”), and English hide.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.tos/
Noun
κῠ́τος • (kútos) n (genitive κῠ́τους); third declension
- a hollow
- 467 BCE, Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 495
- 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Fragments 185
- 421 BCE, Aristophanes, Peace 1224
- 458 BCE, Euripides, Electra 473
- 480 BCE – 406 BCE, Euripides, Cyclops 399
- 423 BCE, Euripides, The Suppliants 1202
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Com. 189
- Xenarch. 1.10
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 16.3.4
- any vessel; e.g. a jar, an urn, a vase, etc.
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 322
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 816
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Electra 1142
- 413 BCE, Euripides, Ion 37
- 408 BCE – 334 BCE, Antiphanes Comicus, Collected Works 52.2
- (used of any hollow container) the occiput, the chest, a plant’s root, the uterus, an ox’s abomasum, the body in general, the trunk thereof, metaphorically the polis, etc.
- 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 45a
- 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 56b.26
- 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 69e
- Achae. 4.4
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 742b.14
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Generation of Animals 741b.35
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Of the Uses of the Different Parts of the Human Body 14.14
- 50 CE – 150 CE, Soranus, Collected Works 1.9
- Phlp., in AP 0.417.14
- 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 44a
- 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Women of Trachis 12
- 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 74a
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 491a.29
- 350 BCE, Aristotle, Parts of Animals 686b.14
- 100 BCE – 1 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Library 1.35
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 13.262
- 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Laws 964e
- 200 BCE – 118 BCE, Polybius, The Histories 5.59.8
- 120 CE – 175 CE, Vettius Valens, Anthology 172.32
Declension
Third declension of τὸ κῠ́τος; τοῦ κῠ́τους (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κῠ́τος tò kútos | τὼ κῠ́τει tṑ kútei | τᾰ̀ κῠ́τη tà kútē | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κῠ́τους toû kútous | τοῖν κῠτοῖν toîn kutoîn | τῶν κῠτῶν tôn kutôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κῠ́τει tôi kútei | τοῖν κῠτοῖν toîn kutoîn | τοῖς κῠ́τεσῐ / κῠ́τεσῐν toîs kútesi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κῠ́τος tò kútos | τὼ κῠ́τει tṑ kútei | τᾰ̀ κῠ́τη tà kútē | ||||||||||
Vocative | κῠ́τος kútos | κῠ́τει kútei | κῠ́τη kútē | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κοιλοσώματον κῠ́τος (koilosṓmaton kútos)
- κῠ́τος ἀστέριον (kútos astérion, “the starry vault of heaven”)
- πλεκτὸν κῠ́τος (plektòn kútos, “basket”)
- κυτίον (kutíon, diminutive)
Descendants
- → Greek: κύτος (kýtos)
- ⇒ Latin: monocytus (Taxonomic Latin)
References
- “κύτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κύτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κύτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ark idem, page 40.
- belly idem, page 72.
- body idem, page 87.
- bowl idem, page 92.
- cinerary urn idem, page 132.
- cradle idem, page 181.
- frame idem, page 342.
- hollow idem, page 403.
- husk idem, page 412.
- jar idem, page 461.
- pitcher idem, page 615.
- shell idem, page 764.
- skeleton idem, page 780.
- trunk idem, page 898.
- urn idem, page 940.
- vessel idem, page 949.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos).[1]
Noun
κύτος • (kýtos) n (plural κύτη)
- vessel (vase, jug, ewer, urn)
- hold (of ship or aeroplane)
Declension
declension of κύτος
case \\ number | singular | plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | κύτος • | κύτη • |
genitive | κύτους • | κύτων • |
accusative | κύτος • | κύτη • |
vocative | κύτος • | κύτη • |
Related terms
- κήτος n (kítos, “whale or dolphin”)
- κύτταρο n (kýttaro, “cell”)
References
- κύτος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.