κύαθος
kyathos
ladle
Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κύαθος, ὁ, A. ladle, for drawing wine out of the κρατήρ, 63.5, 176, 21, Cyr. 1.3.9, PEleph. 5.3 (iii B.C.), etc.; cold metal ladles were applied to bruises, Pr. 890b7; κύαθον αἰτήσεις τάχα youʼll need a ladle shortly (from being so soundly beaten), Lys. 444; ὑπωπιασμέναι . . καὶ κυάθους προσκείμεναι with ladles applied, Pax 542, cf. Fr. 374, 3. II. Attic measure holding two κόγχαι or four μύστρα, about 1/12 of a pint, 19.753, cf. 10.516. III. κύαθοι κλειδῶν ἀνεστηκότες filled-out hollows round the collar-bones, Gym. 48.
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