κόνδυ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Like many words ending in -ῠ, it is a loanword. Furnée compares κοτύλη (kotúlē, cup), suggesting a Pre-Greek origin, while Szemerényi refers to late Neo-Babylonian 𒃶𒁺 (kandu, vessel) which is considered a West Semitic borrowing: Aramaic כנדא (kandā, vessel, pot; specifically for wine), found also in the forms כַּד (kaḏ), כדא (kaddā), Biblical Hebrew כַּד (kad), Punic 𐤊𐤃 (kd), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎄 (kd), and Ancient Greek κάδος (kádos).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κόνδῠ (kóndu) n (genitive κόνδῠος); third declension

  1. a kind of drinking vessel
  2. a unit of volume derived from the vessel

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