χύτρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, Ion. [[κύθρη]] Herod.''Fr.''3 Bgk., later Gr. [[κύθρα]] ''PTeb.'' 112.42, al. (ii B. C.), Choerob ''in Theod.''2.146H.; Sicil. (acc. to Greg. Cor.p.341S.) [[κύτρα]] (but [[κύθρα]] is Dor. acc. to Choerob. ''in Theod.''2.423H., and [[χύτρα]] is found in Epich.33): ([[χέω]]):—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[earthen pot]], [[pipkin]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''284 (troch.), ''Av.''43, al., X.''HG''4.5.4, Antiph.70, [[Theophrastus|Thphr.]] ''[[Characters|Char.]]''10.5, etc.; χύτρας ἴχνος ἀπὸ σποδοῦ ἀφάνιζε Pythag. ap. Iamb. ''Protr.''21.λδ; χύτραι δίωτοι Pl.''Hp.Ma.''288d; τοὐπίθημα τῆς χ. ἀφελών Hegesipp.1.13; children were exposed in pots, τὸ δ' ἐσέφερε γραῦς ἐν χύτρᾳ τὸ παιδίον Ar.''Th.''505; cf. [[χυτρίζω]].<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">χύτραις ἱδρύειν</b> [[set up]], [[consecrate]] an [[altar]] or [[statue]] with [[pot]]s of [[pulse]], <b class="b3">τὰς χ. αἷς τὸν θεὸν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[Πλοῦτος|Πλοῦτον]]) ἱδρυσόμεθα Id.''Pl.''1197, cf. Sch. ad loc.; Ζηνὸς ἑρκείου χύτρας, μεθ' ὧν ὁ βωμὸς.. ἱδρύθη Id.''Fr.''245; <b class="b3">τί δ' ἄλλο γ' ἢ ταύτην</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[Εἰρήνη]]ν) <b class="b3"> χύτραις ἱδρυτέον</b>; Answ. χύτραισιν, ὥσπερ μεμφόμενον [[Ἑρμῄδιον]]; Id.''Pax''923, cf. Sch.<br><span class="bld">3</span> αἱ [[χύτραι]] the [[pottery]]-[[market]], Id.''Lys.''557 (anap.), Poll.7.163.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[proverb|prov.]], <b class="b3">χύτραις λημᾶν</b> to have [[swelling]]s as [[big]] as [[pipkin]]s in the [[corner]]s of the [[eye]] (cf. <b class="b3">λημᾶν κολοκύνταις</b>), Luc.''Ind.''23, Diogenian.5.63, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">5</span> name given to [[black]] [[fig]]s by [[Mariandyni]], Pherecr.68.4.<br><span class="bld">II</span> a [[kiss]] in which one held the other by the [[ear]]s as by [[handle]]s (cf. Pl. l. c.), λαβοῦσα τῶν ὤτων φίλησον τὴν χύτραν Eunic.1.