κύθρη

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ký.tʰrɛː/ → /ˈcy.θri/ → /ˈci.θri/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.tʰrɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.tʰre̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.θri/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.θri/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.θri/

Noun

κύθρη • (kúthrē) f (genitive κυθρης); first declension

1. Ionic form of χύτρα (khútra); an earthen pot, pipkin
   1. Some kind of game
      • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Herodas, fragments 3:

        Ἤ χαλκέην μοι μυῖαν ἤ κύθρην παίζει

        Ḗ khalkéēn moi muîan ḗ kúthrēn paízei

        Play either "bronzen fly" [i.e. blind man's buff] or "pipkin" with me.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κύθρη; τῆς κύθρης (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κύθρη hē kúthrē	τὼ κύθρᾱ tṑ kúthrā	αἱ κύθραι hai kúthrai
Genitive	τῆς κύθρης tês kúthrēs	τοῖν κύθραιν toîn kúthrain	τῶν κυθρέων / κυθρῶν tôn kuthréōn / kuthrôn
Dative	τῇ κύθρῃ têi kúthrēi	τοῖν κύθραιν toîn kúthrain	τῇσῐ / τῇσῐν κύθρῃσῐ / κύθρῃσῐν têisi(n) kúthrēisi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κύθρην tḕn kúthrēn	τὼ κύθρᾱ tṑ kúthrā	τᾱ̀ς κύθρᾱς tā̀s kúthrās
Vocative	κύθρη kúthrē	κύθρᾱ kúthrā	κύθραι kúthrai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• κύθρη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κύθρη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011