- κύσθος 1
- κύσθος 1.Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `pudenda muliebra' (Eup., Ar.), κυσός ἡ πυγή. η γυναικεῖον αἰδοῖον H. with long υ Pfeiffer ad loc.Compounds: Compp. e.g. κυσθο-κορώνη = νύμφη, `clitoris' (Com. Adesp.); κυσο-λαμπίς. ἡ περιλαμπομένη ταῖς νυξὶ κανθαρίς H.; cf. Strömberg Wortstudien 13 f.; κυσο-βακκαρις ὁ τὸν κυσόν μυρίζων (Com. Adesp. 1062); κυσο-λάκων = παισεραστής (Com. Adesp. 1066); κυσο-νίπτης πόρνος (Η.); κυσο-χήνη (H.); κυσο-δακνιᾳ̃ ψωριᾳ̃ (from δάκνω with -ιάω from the verbs of disease); also κύσσαρος `ānus' (Hp., Gal., Erot.); on the formation Chantraine Formation 226; cf. also κύτταρος.Derivatives: also = κύστις (Herod., Call.; s. v.). κυσιᾳ̃ πασχητιᾳ̃; κυσανίζει (H.)Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: The proposed explanations are all hypothetic: from *kudh-to- or *kudh-dho- to κεύθω; from *kuz-dho- to Lat. custōs; κυσός from *κυθ-σο-, *κυθ-ι̯ο-, *κυτ-σο-, *κυτ-ι̯ο-? - Further suggestions in Bq, Pok. 952f., W.-Hofmann s. cunnus and custōs. - The variation κύσθο- κυσό- suggests a Pre-Greek word, which may be confirmed by κύττ\/σσαρος if it belongs here.Page in Frisk: 2,56
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.