χύτλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-, the same root of χέω (khéō, to pour, cast). The suffix is from Proto-Indo-European *-trom.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χῠ́τλον • (khútlon) n (genitive χῠ́τλου); second declension

  1. anything that can be poured, liquid, fluid
  2. (in the plural) water for washing, bath
  3. (in the plural) libations to the dead
  4. mixture of water and oil, rubbed in after bathing
    Synonym: ὑδρέλαιον (hudrélaion)
  5. stream, running water

Inflection

Derived terms

Further reading

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.