χύτλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-, the same root of χέω (khéō, “to pour, cast”). The suffix is from Proto-Indo-European *-trom.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰý.tlon/ → /ˈçy.tlon/ → /ˈçi.tlon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰý.tlon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰy.tlon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçy.tlon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçy.tlon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.tlon/

Noun

χῠ́τλον • (khútlon) n (genitive χῠ́τλου); second declension

1. anything that can be poured, liquid, fluid
2. (in the plural) water for washing, bath
3. (in the plural) libations to the dead
4. mixture of water and oil, rubbed in after bathing

   Synonym: ὑδρέλαιον (hudrélaion)

5. stream, running water

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ χῠ́τλον; τοῦ χῠ́τλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χῠ́τλον tò khútlon	τὼ χῠ́τλω tṑ khútlō	τᾰ̀ χῠ́τλᾰ tà khútla
Genitive	τοῦ χῠ́τλου toû khútlou	τοῖν χῠ́τλοιν toîn khútloin	τῶν χῠ́τλων tôn khútlōn
Dative	τῷ χῠ́τλῳ tôi khútlōi	τοῖν χῠ́τλοιν toîn khútloin	τοῖς χῠ́τλοις toîs khútlois
Accusative	τὸ χῠ́τλον tò khútlon	τὼ χῠ́τλω tṑ khútlō	τᾰ̀ χῠ́τλᾰ tà khútla
Vocative	χῠ́τλον khútlon	χῠ́τλω khútlō	χῠ́τλᾰ khútla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κατάχυτλον (katákhutlon)
• χυτλάζω (khutlázō)
• χυτλόω (khutlóō)

 

Further reading

• “χύτλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χύτλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χύτλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette