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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /têu̯.kʰos/ → /ˈteɸ.xos/ → /ˈtef.xos/
Noun
τεῦχος • (teûkhos) n (genitive τεύχους or τεύχεος); third declension
- (probably) tool, implement
- (Epic, in the plural, with ἀρήϊα or πολεμήϊα) implements of war, armor, arms
- (in the plural) complete armor, harness
- (in the plural, naval) the gear of a ship (oars, etc.)
- (chiefly in tragic dialect, rarely in prose) any type of vessel
- bathtub
- cinerary urn
- balloting urn
- vase for libation
- vase or ewer of water
- cup
- amphora
- (in the plural) scent pot
- matula
- pot or jar
- (with ξύλινον) chest
- (with ἀλφίτων) meal barrel
- beehive
- capsule of a poppy
- (medicine) vessels of the body
- (medicine, as if holding the intestines) the human frame, body
- an egg
- a case of papyrus rolls
- roll of writing material
- volumen
- masonry
- fabric
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “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.