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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) or from κύω (kúō).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kýs.tis/ → /ˈcys.tis/ → /ˈcis.tis/
Noun
κύστις • (kústis) f (genitive κύστεως); third declension
- bladder
- Synonym: φῦσᾰ (phûsa)
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References
- “κύστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κύστις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κύστις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κύστις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κύστις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 951