kelpurno-

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `pitcher' (η 20; on the meaning Brommer Herm. 77, 358 u. 365) ;

Compounds: καλπο-φόρος `carrying a pitcher' (Epigr.)

Derivatives: κάλπη ( κάλπην as v. l. for - πιν Plu., Hdn.) name of a constellation (Vett. Val.; Scherer Gestirnnamen 173 a. 190); κάλπος ποτηρίου εἶδος H. Dimin. κάλπιον (Pamphil. ap. Ath. 11, 475c).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]

Etymology: Like so many vase-names without certain explanation. Mostly connected with a Celtic word for `urn, bucket', e. g. OIr. cilornn (\< * kelpurno-), which does not explain the - α-. Acc. to others to Assyr. karpu `vase, pot' or to OHG hal(a)p `handle'. From κάλπη Lat. calpar (formation unclear). - See Bq s. v., W.-Hofmann s. calpar. - Fur. 146 connects κελέβη, for which I see no reason. But the word is quite possibly Pre-Greek.

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