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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From οἶνος (oînos, “wine”) + χέω (khéō, “to pour”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oi̯.no.kʰó.os/ → /y.noˈxo.os/ → /i.noˈxo.os/
Noun
οἰνοχόος • (oinokhóos) m (genitive οἰνοχόου); second declension
- cupbearer
Descendants
Further reading
- “οἰνοχόος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “οἰνοχόος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- οἰνοχόος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- οἰνοχόος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.