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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Formally reminiscent of ἄντυξ (ántux). A Semitic connection is proposed by Lewy, but unconvincing according to Frisk. Ultimately, of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.tâi̯.tyks/ → /kaˈtɛ.tyks/ → /kaˈte.tiks/
Noun
κᾰταῖτῠξ • (kataîtux) f (genitive κᾰταίτῠγος); third declension
- leather helmet or skullcap
Declension
Further reading
- “καταῖτυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “καταῖτυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “καταῖτυξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- καταῖτυξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- καταῖτυξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN