τεῦχος

From same root as τεύχω (teúkhō), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to be ready, be sufficient”). Compare Lithuanian daũg (“much, many”), Old Saxon dōg (“to be suitable”), Proto-Slavic *dužь (“strength, power”).

τεῦχος • (teûkhos) n (genitive τεύχους or τεύχεος); third declension

1. (probably) tool, implement
   1. (Epic, in the plural, with ἀρήϊα or πολεμήϊα) implements of war, armor, arms
   2. (in the plural) complete armor, harness
   3. (in the plural, naval) the gear of a ship (oars, etc.)
2. (chiefly in tragic dialect, rarely in prose) any type of vessel
   1. bathtub
   2. cinerary urn
   3. balloting urn
   4. vase for libation
   5. vase or ewer of water
   6. cup
   7. amphora
   8. (in the plural) scent pot
   9. matula
   10. pot or jar
   11. (with ξύλινον) chest
   12. (with ἀλφίτων) meal barrel
   13. beehive
   14. capsule of a poppy
3. (medicine) vessels of the body
   1. (medicine, as if holding the intestines) the human frame, body
   2. an egg
4. a case of papyrus rolls
   1. roll of writing material
   2. volumen
5. masonry
6. fabric

• πεντάτευχος (pentáteukhos)

• τεύχω (teúkhō)

• Greek: τεύχος (téfchos)

• “τεῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “τεῦχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “τεῦχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• τεῦχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • basin idem, page 64.
  • bucket idem, page 102.
  • can idem, page 110.
  • cinerary urn idem, page 132.
  • cup idem, page 189.
  • goblet idem, page 365.
  • jar idem, page 461.
  • pail idem, page 588.
  • phial idem, page 610.
  • pitcher idem, page 615.
  • press idem, page 637.
  • urn idem, page 940.
  • vessel idem, page 949.