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Sophocles, Fragment 698
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Full diacritics: κισσύβιον Medium diacritics: κισσύβιον Low diacritics: κισσύβιον Capitals: ΚΙΣΣΥΒΙΟΝ
Transliteration A: kissýbion Transliteration B: kissybion Transliteration C: kissyvion Beta Code: kissu/bion

English (LSJ)

[ῠ], τό,

   A rustic drinking-cup of wood, used by the Cyclops, Od.9.346; by Eumaeus, 14.78; κ. ἀμφῶες Theoc.1.27 (but expld. as μόνωτον ποτήριον, Philem.Gloss. ap. Ath.11.476f); ὀλίγῳ ἥδετο κ. Call.Aet.1.1.12.—So called, either as made of ivy-wood, Eumolp. ap. Ath.11.477a; or because adorned with ivy-wreaths, Poll.6.97: in late Prose, οἴνου κ. Prisc.p.316 D.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1443] τό, ein hölzernes Trinkgefäß, wie es die Landleute brauchten, nach den Alten aus Epheuholz, κίσσινον ποτήριον, Ath. XI, 476 f. oder, nach Poll. 6, 97, mit Epheu bekränzt; zum Wein gebraucht, beim Cyclopen, Od. 9, 346, u. beim Eumäus, 16, 52; vgl. Theocr. 1, 27; Callim. bei Ath. a. a. O. u. sp. D., wie Agath. 7. 9 (V, 289. 296). – Auch ein hölzernes Gefäß zur Milch, Eumath. Ismen. 1 p. 10.