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kotylai

kotylai is the plural of kotyle.

Meaning of kotyle

Noun

kotyle (plural kotyles or kotylai or kotylae)

  1. (historical) Synonym of cantharus (“a kind of ancient Greek and Roman cup”).
    • There were many kotylai found in the Limenia sanctuary which were decorated with bird-files (Perachora ii pl. 25); […]1895, The Annual of the British School at Athens, number 67, page 172
    Synonyms:
    cantharus

Origin of kotylai

From Ancient Greek κοτῠ́λαι (kotŭ́lai).

Questions about kotylai

What is kotylai the plural of?
Kotylai is the plural of kotyle.

Words near kotylai in the dictionary

  1. kotwalis
  2. kotwals
  3. Kotyk
  4. Kotyks
  5. kotylae
  6. kotylai
  7. kotyle
  8. kotyles
  9. kotyliskoi
  10. kotyliskos
  11. kotyloi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kotylai (page history and authors); kotyle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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