βυτίνη
ἡμῶν δ' ὅσα καὶ τὰ σώματ' ἐστὶ τὸν ἀριθμὸν καθ' ἑνός, τοσούτους ἔστι καὶ τρόπους ἰδεῖν → whatever number of persons there are, the same will be found the number of minds and of characters
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
βυτίνη: ἡ, = πυτίνη, λέξις Ταραντίνη, Ἡσύχ. ― Ἴδε καὶ Λεξ. Κουμανούδη ἐν λ. β(υ)τινάριον.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ης (ἡ) :
= λάγυνος ou ἀμίς chez les Tarentins HSCH.
Étymologie: DELG pê emprunt.
Spanish (DGE)
v. πυτίνη.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: f.
Meaning: λάγυνος η ἀμίς. Ταραντῖνοι H.
Other forms: Cf. Att. πυτίνη flask covered with plated osier (Poll.), title of a comedy of Cratinus, Ar. fr. 880 K.-A..
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]
Etymology: The interchange π\/β shows Pre-Gr. origin (voiced\/voiceless being extremely frequent in such words: Fur. 101-200). The suffix -ιν- is also frequent in Pre-Gr. (Beekes, Pre-Greek). - From here VLat. butina with further loans in Germanic, e. g. OE byden, OHG butin, Germ. Bütte; from Germanic Finn. putina, Russ. bódnja etc., s. Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. v. Perhaps further to Lat. buttis barrel with but(t)icula, butticella. - ModGr. forms Georgakas ByzZ 42, 78.
