Kotyle

Quick meaning: Kotyle is a noun meaning (chiefly historical) Synonym of cantharus (“a kind of ancient Greek and Roman cup”).

Meaning

(chiefly historical) Synonym of cantharus (“a kind of ancient Greek and Roman cup”).

Example Sentences

There were many kotylai found in the Limenia sanctuary which were decorated with bird-files (Perachora ii pl. 25); […]

At least four Attic black-glazed ovoid kotylai were found in the Drain. […] Attic black-glazed imitations of the Corinthian kotyle had been imported from the first half of the 6th century.

Greek imports present in the Levant during the Geometric period include open drinking vessels, especially the PSC skyphos but also kotylae and kraters, sourced from Euboea, Attica, and the Cyclades.

The black- and red-figure vases that were found are mainly small in size (lekythoi, kylikes, aryballoi, alabastra, kotylae, skyphoi, exaleiptra, and kantharoi), although there are also larger pots (oinochoae, pelikae, hydriae, kraters, and amphoras).

Word Forms

• kotyles
• kotylai
• kotylae
• kotylos

Synonyms for kotyle

Depending on context, synonyms include cantharus.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cotyle, kotylos, cotyla, cyathus, kothornos, calcanthum.

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