κύλλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely related to σκύλαξ (skúlax).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kýl.la/ → /ˈcyl.la/ → /ˈci.la/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kýl.la/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkyl.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcyl.la/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcyl.la/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.la/

Noun

κύλλα • (kúlla) ? (indeclinable)

1. (hapax) Defined by Hesychius as σκύλαξ (skúlax, “puppy”)
   • Hesychius Κ

References

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