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ἐγκοτύλη

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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Full diacritics: ἐγκοτύλη Medium diacritics: ἐγκοτύλη Low diacritics: εγκοτύλη Capitals: ΕΓΚΟΤΥΛΗ
Transliteration A: enkotýlē Transliteration B: enkotylē Transliteration C: egkotyli Beta Code: e)gkotu/lh

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], ἡ,

   A a game of pick-a-back, in which a boy was carried about kneeling on the hollow of another's folded hands (κοτύλαι) (cf. Poll.9.122), Ath. 11.479a, Paus.Gr.Fr.143.

German (Pape)

[Seite 709] ein athen. Spiel, bei dem der Sieger mit den Knieen auf der hohlen Hand, κοτύλη, getragen wurde, bei Ath. XI, 479 a.