Ancient Greek-English Dictionary

κισσύβιον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: κισσύβιον κισσύβιου

Structure: κισσυβι (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: kisso/s

Sense

  1. a rustic drinking-cup, ivy-wreath

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "ἐν τῇ ἱεροποιίῃ τοῦ Διδυμαίου Διὸσ κισσοῦ σπονσδοποιέονται πετάλοισιν, ὅθεν τὰ ἀρχαῖα ἐκπώματα κισσύβια φωνέεται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 53 2:2)
  • οἱᾶ δὲ λέμβοι κισσύβια γλυκερῶν νήχεθ’ ὑπὲρ ῥοθίων, οἷσιν ἀρυσσάμενοι σχέδιον ποτὸν ἤνομεν ἤδη, θερμῶν Νηιάδων οὐ μάλα δευόμενοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 643)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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