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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">bowl, dish, small cup</b> (Il.; on the meaning Brommer Herm. 77, 358 a. 366), also as measure for liquid and dry = 6 <b class="b3">κύαθοι</b> or = 1\/2 <b class="b3">ξέστης</b> (IA.), metaph. <b class="b2">socket, esp. of the hip-joint</b> (Il., Hp.), [[cymbals]] (pl., A.); (Hom. Epigr., com.).<br />Other forms: also <b class="b3">κότυλος</b> m. <b class="b2">id.</b><br />Compounds: Compp., e. g. <b class="b3">κοτυλ-ήρυτος</b> <b class="b2">to be scooped with cups</b> (Ψ 34), <b class="b3">ἡμι-κοτύλη</b> <b class="b2">a half κ.</b> (pap.), <b class="b3">δι-κότυλος</b> <b class="b2">measuring two κ.</b> (Hp., pap.).<br />Derivatives: Diminut. <b class="b3">κοτυλίς</b> `[[socket]] (Hp.), <b class="b3">κοτυλίσκος</b>, <b class="b3">-ίσκη</b>, <b class="b3">-ίσκιον</b> <b class="b2">small cup</b> (com.), <b class="b3">κοτυλίδιον</b> (Eust.). - <b class="b3">κοτυληδών</b>, <b class="b3">-όνος</b> f. name of diff. cup-like hollows (on the formation Chantraine Formation 361), e. g. `[[sucker]] (ε 433 etc.), also as plant-name, prob. `<b class="b2">Cotyledon umbilicus</b> (Hp., Nic., Dsc.; after the suckerlike leaves, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 44f.), with <b class="b3">κοτυληδονώδης</b> <b class="b2">nipple-like</b> (Gal.). - <b class="b3">κοτυλιαῖος</b>, <b class="b3">-ιεῖος</b> `<b class="b2">measuring a κ.</b> (hell.; Mayser Pap. 1 : 3, 95), <b class="b3">κοτυλώδης</b> `<b class="b2">cup-like</b> (Ath.); <b class="b3">κοτύλων</b>, <b class="b3">-ωνος</b> m. [[toper]]' (Plu.). - Denomin. verb <b class="b3">κοτυλίζω</b> `<b class="b2">with k., i. e. sell in small quantities</b>' (IA.) with <b class="b3">κοτυλισμός</b>, <b class="b3">-ιστής</b>, <b class="b3">-ιστί</b> (hell.).<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: One th formation in <b class="b3">-ύλη</b> (diminut.?) Schwyzer 485, Chantraine Form. 250f. - Close is Lat. [[catīnus]] <b class="b2">(flat) dish</b>; the deviation in vowel and formation makes the comparison very uncertain (cf. Ernout-Meillet s. [[catīnus]]). Further s. Pok. 586, W.-Hofmann s. [[catīnus]]. New suggestion by Machek Stud. in hon. Acad. d. Dečev 49: to Czech. [[kotlati]]<b class="b2">become hollow</b> (denom. verb). - A loan would be quite possible in the case of a vessel - Fur. 101, 181, adduces <b class="b3">κόνδυ</b> <b class="b2">a cup</b> with <b class="b3">κονδύλιον</b>; he notes 205 n. 14 that <b class="b3">-υλη</b> is well known in Pre-Greek.

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