κύαθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin, but it has also been connected with κύαρ (kúar, “eye of a needle”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.a.tʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.a.tʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈky.a.θos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.a.θos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.a.θos/

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Noun

κύαθος • (kúathos) m (genitive κυάθου); second declension

A ladle for drawing wine
An Attic measure for liquids

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κύαθος; τοῦ κυάθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κύαθος ho kúathos	τὼ κυάθω tṑ kuáthō	οἱ κύαθοι hoi kúathoi
Genitive	τοῦ κυάθου toû kuáthou	τοῖν κυάθοιν toîn kuáthoin	τῶν κυάθων tôn kuáthōn
Dative	τῷ κυάθῳ tôi kuáthōi	τοῖν κυάθοιν toîn kuáthoin	τοῖς κυάθοις toîs kuáthois
Accusative	τὸν κύαθον tòn kúathon	τὼ κυάθω tṑ kuáthō	τοὺς κυάθους toùs kuáthous
Vocative	κύαθε kúathe	κυάθω kuáthō	κύαθοι kúathoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κυάθιον (kuáthion)
κυαθώδης (kuathṓdēs)
κυαθίζω (kuathízō)
κυαθίσκος (kuathískos)

Descendants

Latin: cyathus