κύπτω
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κύπελλον (Γ 248): παρὰ τὸ κῦφος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ κύπτω, τὸ κεκυρτωμένον καὶ περιφερές. ⸤ἐτυ⸥μολογεῖται χυπελόν τι ὂν παρὰ τὸ χύειν τὸν πηλόν· πηλὸς δὲ ὁ οἶνος ⸤παρὰ Ἀτ⸥τικοῖς
Translation (En)
Kupellon "drinking cup", from kūphos "curve", or from kuptō "to bend", that which is bent and circular. It is etymologized as *khupelon, as it were, from "to pour" (khuein) wine, for pēlos means "wine" in Attic
Parallels
Eustathius, Comm. Il. vol. 1, p. 245 (Ὅτι κύπελλον ποτηρίου εἶδος ἐπὶ τὰ ἔσω κύπτον οὕτω λεγόμενον ὡς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἔκυπον δευτέρου ἀορίστου. τὸ δ’ αὐτὸ καὶ ἀμφικύπελλον λέγεται οἱονεὶ πανταχόθεν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔσω κεκυφός); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 90 (Ἀμφικύπελλον: Ποτήριον· παρὰ τὸ κύφον κύφελον, καὶ κύπελλον. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ χέω χύπελον, ὅπου ὁ πηλὸς (ἤγουν ὁ οἶνος) χεῖται· καὶ μετὰ τῆς ἀμφὶ, ἀμφικύπελλον, πλεονασμῷ ἑτέρου λ· τὸ ἐκ περιφερείας κύφον); ibid., p. 546 (Κύπελλον: Παρὰ τὸ κύφος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ κύπτω, τὸ κεκυρτωμένον καὶ περιφερές. Ἐτυμολογεῖται χύπελλόν τι ὂν, παρὰ τὸ χύειν τὸν πηλὸν, ἤγουν τὸν οἶνον· ὅθεν καὶ κάπηλος, παρὰ τὸ χέειν τὸν πηλόν); Geneva Schol. Il. 3.248 ([κύπελλα] χύπηλά τινα ὄντα, ἐν οἷς ὁ πηλὸς χεῖται ἤτοι ὁ οἶνος, ἢ κύπτω κύπελλον);
Comment
Derivational descriptive etymology. The vessel is named after its shape. The etymon is provided as the verb κύπτω, which has over the alternative etymon κυφός the advantage of providing directly the voiceless /p/ (see κύπελλον / κυφός)