calix

Meaning

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

Concepts

cup

goblet

chalice

calix

vessel

a vessel for drinking

drinking vessel

Synonyms

cyathus

pōculum

calicis

cantharus

Translations

coupe

Becher

cáliz

Kelch

taça

copa

beker

calice

kelk

calze

calice

tasse

coppa

tassa

Pokal

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈka.lɪks]

Etymology

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”).