- κοτύλη
- κοτύληGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `bowl, dish, small cup' (Il.; on the meaning Brommer Herm. 77, 358 a. 366), also as measure for liquid and dry = 6 κύαθοι or = 1\/2 ξέστης (IA.), metaph. `socket, esp. of the hip-joint' (Il., Hp.), `cymbals' (pl., A.); (Hom. Epigr., com.).Other forms: also κότυλος m. `id.'Compounds: Compp., e. g. κοτυλ-ήρυτος `to be scooped with cups' (Ψ 34), ἡμι-κοτύλη `a half κ.' (pap.), δι-κότυλος `measuring two κ.' (Hp., pap.).Derivatives: Diminut. κοτυλίς `socket' (Hp.), κοτυλίσκος, -ίσκη, -ίσκιον `small cup' (com.), κοτυλίδιον (Eust.). - κοτυληδών, -όνος f. name of diff. cup-like hollows (on the formation Chantraine Formation 361), e. g. `sucker' (ε 433 etc.), also as plant-name, prob. `Cotyledon umbilicus' (Hp., Nic., Dsc.; after the suckerlike leaves, Strömberg Pflanzennamen 44f.), with κοτυληδονώδης `nipple-like' (Gal.). - κοτυλιαῖος, -ιεῖος `measuring a κ.' (hell.; Mayser Pap. 1 : 3, 95), κοτυλώδης `cup-like' (Ath.); κοτύλων, -ωνος m. `toper' (Plu.). - Denomin. verb κοτυλίζω `with k., i. e. sell in small quantities' (IA.) with κοτυλισμός, -ιστής, -ιστί (hell.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: One th formation in -ύλη (diminut.?) Schwyzer 485, Chantraine Form. 250f. - Close is Lat. catīnus `(flat) dish'; the deviation in vowel and formation makes the comparison very uncertain (cf. Ernout-Meillet s. catīnus). Further s. Pok. 586, W.-Hofmann s. catīnus. New suggestion by Machek Stud. in hon. Acad. d. Dečev 49: to Czech. kotlati`become hollow' (denom. verb). - A loan would be quite possible in the case of a vessel - Fur. 101, 181, adduces κόνδυ `a cup' with κονδύλιον; he notes 205 n. 14 that -υλη is well known in Pre-Greek.Page in Frisk: 1,933-934
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.