κοτύλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κότυλος (kótulos)

Etymology

Furnée asserted a relation to Latin catīnus (flat dish), claiming that the deviation in vowel and formation suggests that they are independent loans from a third party, and adducing κόνδυ (kóndu, cup) and κονδύλιον (kondúlion), with the observation "-υλη" is a well-known suffix in Pre-Greek. 'Pre-Greek' is untenable, however, given Sanskrit कपाल (kapā́la, cup, jar, dish, bowl; socket, cotyle, bone), कपटी (kapaṭī, measure equal to the capacity of the hollows of the two hands joined), कुन्तल (kuntala, drinking-cup). कन्दु (kandu, vessel), करताल (karatāla, cymbals), and other nearby forms.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κοτύλη (kotúlē) f (genitive κοτῠ́λης); first declension

  1. small vessel, cup
  2. (anatomy) socket of a joint
  3. liquid measure, nearly a half-pint
  4. hollow of the hand
  5. (in the plural) cymbals

Inflection

Derived terms

  • δικότυλος (dikótulos)
  • ἡμικοτύλη (hēmikotúlē)
  • κοτύλεα (kotúlea)
  • κοτυληδών (kotulēdṓn)
  • κοτυλήρυτος (kotulḗrutos)
  • κοτυλιαῖος (kotuliaîos)
  • κοτυλίδιον (kotulídion)
  • κοτυλίζω (kotulízō)
  • κοτυλίς (kotulís)
  • κοτυλίσκος (kotulískos)
  • κοτυλισμός (kotulismós)
  • κοτυλιστής (kotulistḗs)
  • κοτυλιστί (kotulistí)
  • κοτυλοειδής (kotuloeidḗs)
  • κοτυλώδης (kotulṓdēs)
  • κοτύλων (kotúlōn)

Descendants

  • Old Armenian: կոտիւղ (kotiwł)
  • Old Georgian: კოტვილი (ḳoṭvili)

References

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