Κίλιξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pre-Greek, likely Anatolian. Compare with Luwian 𔗒𔔹𔗧𔔂 (hi-li-ka(URBS) /⁠Ḫilikka⁠/) and 𔗒𔖱𔓯𔗧𔔂 (hi+ra/i-i-ka(URBS) /⁠Ḫirikka⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Κῐ́λῐξ • (Kĭ́lĭxm (genitive Κῐ́λῐκος); third declension

  1. a Cilician

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Κίλικας (Kílikas), Κίλιξ (Kílix) (Katharevousa); plural Κίλικες (Kílikes)

Further reading

  • Κίλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Κίλιξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Κίλιξ”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006