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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek *αὐθέψης (*authépsēs) (unattested in Greek), from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + Ancient Greek ἕψω (hépsō, “boil”).
Noun
authepsa f (genitive authepsae); first declension
- A utensil (with its own heater) for cooking
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “authepsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “authepsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- authepsa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “authepsa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “authepsa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin