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βυτίνη

From LSJ

Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Transliteration A: bytínē Transliteration B: bytinē Transliteration C: vytini Beta Code: buti/nh

English (LSJ)

ἡ, = πυτίνη (Tarent.); also, = ἀμίς, Hsch.

Spanish (DGE)

v. πυτίνη.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ης (ἡ) :
= λάγυνος ou ἀμίς chez les Tarentins HSCH.
Étymologie: DELG pê emprunt.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

βυτίνη: ἡ, = πυτίνη, λέξις Ταραντίνη, Ἡσύχ. ― Ἴδε καὶ Λεξ. Κουμανούδη ἐν λ. β(υ)τινάριον.

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.

Frisk Etymology German

βυτίνη: {butínē}
Meaning: λάγυνοςἀμίς. Ταραντῖνοι H.
Derivative: Daneben πυτί̄νη mit Weidenzweigen oder Bast umflochtene Weinflasche (Poll.), Titel einer Komödie des Kratinos.
Etymology: Wie viele andere Gefäßnamen ohne Etymologie. Daraus vlat. butina mit weiteren Entlehnungen ins Germanische, z. B. ags. byden, ahd. butin, nhd. Bütte; aus dem Germanischen finn. putina, russ. bódnja usw., s. Vasmer Russ. et. Wb. s. v. Auch lat. buttis Faß mit but(t)icula, butticella hängt damit irgendwie zusammen (W.-Hofmann s. v.). — Neugr. Formen und ON bei Georgakas ByzZ 42, 78.
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