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χύτρα (chutra) an earthen pot ^G:N-F

χύτρα-α, ἡ,

Ionic dialect κύθρη [Refs 3rd c.BC+] Bgk., later Gr. κύθρα [Refs 2nd c.BC+].; Sicil. (accusative to Greg. Cor.p.341S.) κύτρα (but κύθρα is Doric dialect accusative to [Refs 4th c.AD+], and χύτραα is found in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: (χέω):— earthen pot, pipkin, [χύτραας ἴχνος ἀπὸ σποδοῦ ἀφάνιζε 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus cited in 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 21. λ; χύτρααι δίωτοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 288d; τοὐπίθημα τῆς χ. ἀφελών Hegesippus Epigrammaticus 1.13 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; children were exposed in pots, τὸ δ᾽ ἐσέφερε γραῦς ἐν χύτραᾳ τὸ παιδίον [Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare χυτρίζω.

__2 χύτρααις ἱδρύειν set up, consecrate an altar or statue with pots of pulse, τὰς χ. αἷς τὸν θεὸν (i.e. Πλοῦτον) ἱδρυσόμεθα [χύτραας, μεθ᾽ ὧν ὁ βωμὸς.. ἱδρύθη [prev. author] “fragment” 245 ">Refs]; τί δ᾽ ἄλλο γ᾽ ἢ ταύτην (i.e. Εἰρήνην) χύτρααις ἱδρυτέο; Answ. χύτρααισιν, ὥσπερ μεμφόμενον Ἑρμῄδιο; [Refs]
__3 αἱ χύτρααι the pottery-market, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__4 proverbial, χύτρααις λημᾶν to have swellings as big as pipkins in the corners of the eye (compare λημᾶν κολοκύνταις), [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__5 name given to black figs by Mariandyni, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II a kiss in which one held the other by the ears as by handles [χύτρααν 5th c.BC: Eunicus Comicus 1. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]