Jastrow: קִיתוֹן

קִיתוֹן m. (κώθων, confounded with κύαθος) ladle for drawing wine out of the mixing bowl into the cup; also for washing hands. Tosef. Bets. II, 9; Tosef. Sabb. XVI (XVII), 13 ממלא הוא … או ק׳ לשתות וכ׳ he may (dip in and) fill a cup, bucket or ladle for drinking purposes, and intend to immerse them (for ritual purposes). Ib. XIV (XV), 3. Succ. II, 9 לעבד … ק׳ וכ׳ like the case of a servant that comes in to mix the cup for his master, and he pours the ladle in his face; ib. 29ᵃ שפך לו רבו ק׳ וכ׳ his master poured &c. Snh. 52ᵇ בתחלה דומה לק׳ וכ׳ at first acquaintance he (the scholar) appears to him (the ignorant man) like a golden kithon; if he holds conversation with him, he appears like a silver kithon; if he accepts a benefit of him, he appears like an earthen kithon, which once broken cannot be mended. Yoma IV, 5 מקדש … מן הק׳ וכ׳ he sanctifies his hands and feet with a golden ladle; a. fr.—Yalk. Sam. 124 נטל קטן השמן וכ׳ (corr. acc.) he took the pitcher of oil and poured &c.—Pl. קִיתוֹנִים, קִיתוֹנוֹת. Sifré Num. 158. Tosef. Kel. B. Mets. IV, 1 הלבס כדי לקבל ק׳ וכ׳ a defective caldron remains susceptible of levitical uncleanness so long as there is enough left to receive ladles, ladles, so long as they can contain small coins. Gen. R. s. 74 קִיתוֹנִיּוֹת; Yalk. ib. 130 קיתונות; a. e.