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1 ἀμφικύπελλον
ἀμφι-κύπελλον, δέπας: double-cupped goblet, whose base is bowl-shaped and adapted to drink from. Cf. ἀμφίθετος. (The above is the explanation of Aristotle, Hist. An. xix., 40; but no specimens of the form described have been found amongst antique remains or representations.)A Homeric dictionary (Greek-English) (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ομηρικό λεξικό) > ἀμφικύπελλον
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2 κῠπελλον
κῠ́πελλονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `big-bellied drinking vessel, beaker, goblet' (Il.);Other forms: Note κύφελλα `hollows of the ears' (Lyc.).Dialectal forms: Myc. [ku]pera? [uncertain]Compounds: Some compp., notably ἀμφι-κύπελλον n. adj. of δέπας (Hom.), litt. "with beakers at both sides (or round about)", i.e. `doublebeaker', i.e. `two beakers joined with the foot' (?); acc. to Aristarchus (EM 90, 43; cf. Ath.11,783b) `double-handled'; cf. Kretschmer Glotta 20, 248, Brommer Herm. 77, 358f., 366.Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Acc. to a spokesman in Ath. 11, 483 a κύπελλον was known to both Cyprians and Cretans; cf. Bowra JournofHellStud. 54, 73. Without the prob. suffixal ελλο -, which could be a combination of λ- and ιο- suffixes (cf. Chantraine Formation 253, also Schwyzer 483), we can connect κύπη τρώγλη H. with agreements in Lat. cūpa `vat, ton', Skt. kū́pa- m. `pit, hole, source' etc., s. in W.-Hofmann s. 2. cūpa, further Mayrhofer s. kū́paḥ. - Cf. also κυφός. - Fur. 171 compares κυπη `ship, hut, hole' (H.), κύβος.. τρύβλιον. (H.), κύμβη `beaker', κύμβος `beaker'; also Fur. 284. The word was prob. Pre-Greek but it concerns a widespread `Wanderwort'. The `suffix' - ελλο- rather continues -aly-.Page in Frisk: 2,51Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > κῠπελλον
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αμφικύπελλος — ἀμφικύπελλος, ον (Α) 1. στον Όμηρο πάντοτε στη φρ. «δέπας ἀμφικύπελλον», τέτοιο δηλ. που να αποτελεί κύπελλο και στην κορυφή και στη βάση του 2. κατά τον Αρίσταρχο, έτσι ονομάζεται το κύπελλο που έχει δύο λαβές. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ἀμφι * + κύπελλον] … Dictionary of Greek