Maschile

calix

Senso

Concetti

sinonimi

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(Inglese)

(declension-3, masculine) cup, chalice
(declension-3, masculine) cooking pot
(declension-3, masculine) small pipe

Pronunciato come (IPA)

[ˈka.lɪks]

In view of Umbrian skalçeta (“sacrifical vessel”), perhaps from a Proto-Italic *(s)kalik-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kel-. Pokorny considered a parallel formation in Sanskrit कलश (kaláśa-, “(water-)jar, tub, pot, dish”), for Proto-Indo-European *kel-eḱ-, but De Vaan finds this unlikely. Alternatively, borrowed from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix) or an unattested variant thereof, maybe with contamination from κάλυξ (kálux, “shell, hull”), but it is also possible that all were borrowed from related substrate words. Compare Ancient Greek σκάλλιον (skállion, “small cup”), σκαλίς (skalís, “shovel”).