χυτρόπους

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κυθρόπους (kuthrópous)

Etymology

From χύτρα (khútra, “earthen pot, pipkin”) +‎ πούς (poús, “foot”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰy.tró.puːs/ → /çyˈtro.pus/ → /çiˈtro.pus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰy.tró.puːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰyˈtro.pus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çyˈtro.pus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çyˈtro.pus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çiˈtro.pus/

Noun

χῠτρόπους • (khutrópous) m (genitive χῠτρόποδος); third declension

1. stand for a pot
2. pot or cauldron

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ χῠτρόπους; τοῦ χῠτρόποδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χῠτρόπους ho khutrópous	τὼ χῠτρόποδε tṑ khutrópode	οἱ χῠτρόποδες hoi khutrópodes
Genitive	τοῦ χῠτρόποδος toû khutrópodos	τοῖν χῠτροπόδοιν toîn khutropódoin	τῶν χῠτροπόδων tôn khutropódōn
Dative	τῷ χῠτρόποδῐ tôi khutrópodi	τοῖν χῠτροπόδοιν toîn khutropódoin	τοῖς χῠτρόποσῐ / χῠτρόποσῐν toîs khutróposi(n)
Accusative	τὸν χῠτρόποδᾰ tòn khutrópoda	τὼ χῠτρόποδε tṑ khutrópode	τοὺς χῠτρόποδᾰς toùs khutrópodas
Vocative	χῠτρόπους khutrópous	χῠτρόποδε khutrópode	χῠτρόποδες khutrópodes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• χυτροπόδιον (khutropódion)

References

• “χυτρόπους”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χυτρόπους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette