κοτύλη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">anything hollow</b> (πᾶν τὸ κοῖλον κοτύλην ἐκάλουν οἱ παλαιοί Apollod. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.479a</span>, cf. Sch.<span class="bibl">Il.22.494</span>). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[small vessel]], [[cup]], <span class="bibl">Il.22.494</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.15.312</span>, <span class="bibl">17.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span> 350</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ath.11.478d</span>: prov., <b class="b3">πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κοτύλης καὶ χείλεος ἄκρου</b> ib.e, <span class="bibl">Zen.5.71</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> metaph., = [[κοτύλων]], <span class="bibl">D.H.19.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[cup]] or [[socket]] of a joint, esp. of the hip-joint, κατ' ἰσχίον, ἔνθα τε μηρὸς ἰσχίῳ ἐνστρέφεται, κοτύλην δέ τέ μιν καλέουσι <span class="bibl">Il.5.306s</span>q., cf. Hp.<span class="title">Loc.</span> <span class="title">Hom.</span>6, Gal.18(2).519; also, [[socket]] of the arm, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">liquid measure</b>, containing <span class="bibl">6</span> <b class="b3">κύαθοι</b> or a <span class="bibl">1</span>/<span class="bibl">2</span> <b class="b3">ξέστης</b>, i.e. nearly a <span class="bibl">1</span>/<span class="bibl">2</span> [[pint]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.57</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.4.16</span>, <span class="bibl">7.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>436</span>; <b class="b3">κ. Ἀττική, Αἰγινητική</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span> 7.3</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Nat.Mul.</span>33</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">dry measure</b>, ἀλφίτων… τρεῖς χοίνικας κοτύλης δεούσας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>465</span>; ἀλφίτων κ. μίαν <span class="bibl">Alex.221.17</span>; prob. also a smaller measure, perh. = [[τρύβλιον, ὀξύβαφον]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Mul.</span>1.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[hollow of the hand]], Apollod. l. c., <span class="bibl">Poll.9.122</span>, <span class="bibl">Eust.550.5</span>; cf. [[ἐγκοτύλη]]. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> = [[κοτυληδών]] <span class="bibl">1</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMar.</span>4.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> in pl., [[cymbals]], χαλκόδετοι κ. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>57.6</span> (anap.).</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: [[bowl]], [[dish]], [[small cup]] (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> [[to be scooped with cups]] (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.