- κισσύβιον
- κισσύβιονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: name of a wooden drinking-cup (Od., Theoc., Call.; on the matter Brommer Herm. 77, 358 and 365f.),Other forms: also κισσύφιον (IG 22 : 1424a, 265; after the dimin. in -ύφιον).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Like so many names of pots etc. etymologically unclear. By the ancients connected with κισσός, either after the material (Eumolp. ap. Ath. 11, 477a) or after the ornament (Poll. 6, 97); the formation remains unclear; cf. Mastrelli Studitfilclass. N. S. 23, 97ff., who points to the many foreign words with β-suffix. Pre-Greek because of the variation, as Schwyzer 316 and 470 and Debrunner, Eberts RL 4:2, $ 46; Fur. 170.Page in Frisk: 1,860
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.