- κύτταρος
- κύτταρος ??? Ik begrijp het nietGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `cell of a honey-comb, hollow in the flower-bottom of the searose (Nelumbium speciosum), the chalice, in which the acorn sits, the male flower of the pine' (Ar., Arist., Thphr.).Other forms: Besides κύσσαρος `ānus' (s. on κυσός).Derivatives: Diminut. κυττάριον `bee-cell' (Arist.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Uncertain. If κύσσαρος is the really Ionic form of κύτταρος and not a transformation of (or after) κυσός [for which I see no reason], we come at a quite unsatisfactory basis *κυτϜαρος, which is together with κύτος, κυσός, κύσθος, κύστις thrown in one pot. The meanings of the two forms are also ununderstandable. An original *κυκ-ι̯αρος would not help farther. - Prob. a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 2,57
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.