See also: κήτος and κῆτος

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Uncertain. According to Beekes, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (cover, skin) (via a form *(s)kHu-t-); related to σκῦτος (skûtos, hide, leather), Latin cutis (skin), and English hide,[1] but the presumed laryngeal metathesis is problematic. Alternatively from *kew- ~ *ḱew- (hollow), but this is also reconstructed as *ḱewh₁-. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) In view of the formal problems and the word's semantic category, a substrate origin is possible.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κῠ́τος (kútosn (genitive κῠ́τους); third declension

  1. a hollow
  2. any vessel; e.g. a jar, an urn, a vase, etc.
  3. (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.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: κύτος (kýtos)
  • Latin: monocytus (Taxonomic Latin)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κύτος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 810

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, hollow vessel).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κύτος (kýtosn (plural κύτη)

  1. vessel (vase, jug, ewer, urn)
  2. hold (of ship or aeroplane)

Declension

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Declension of κύτος
singular plural
nominative κύτος (kýtos) κύτη (kýti)
genitive κύτους (kýtous) κυτών (kytón)
accusative κύτος (kýtos) κύτη (kýti)
vocative κύτος (kýtos) κύτη (kýti)
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References

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  1. ^ κύτος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language