Jastrow: קִיתוֹן

קִיתוֹן, קִיתוֹנָא ch. same. Esth. R. to II, 1 (introd.) the drunkard says, מה דהדין ק׳ דנחשא וכ׳ what this copper ladle serves for, an earthen ladle will do &c. Y. Kidd. III, 64ᵃ הב לי ק׳ דאית וכ׳ give me the cyathus which I have with thee; הב לי קותונה וכ׳ (read: קִיתוֹנִי) give me my cyathus, and get the Denar (which I owe thee). Y. Ab. Zar. III, 42ᵈ הוה ליה קווקין וכ׳ (corr. acc.) had a ladle on which was the figure of a Roman deity; אהן ק׳ מכיון וכ׳ a ladle, since it is dipped in water, is considered a common vessel (ornamentations of which have no idolatrous character); a. e.—Pl. קַיתוֹנַיָּא. Targ. Y. Num. XXXI, 23 (ed. Amst. קַתּוּנְיָא, corr. acc.).