χύτρ-α,ἡ, Ion.
κύθρη
Herod. Fr. 3 Bgk., later Gr.κύθρα
PTeb. 112.42 , al.(ii B. C.), Choerob in Theod. 2.146H. ; Sicil. (acc. to Greg. Cor. p.341S. )κύτρα(butκύθραis Dor. acc. to Choerob. in Theod. 2.423H. , andχύτραis found in Epich. 33 ): (χέω):—
A. earthen pot, pipkin,
Ar. Ach. 284 (troch.), Av. 43 , al., X. HG 4.5.4 , Antiph. 70 , Thphr. Char. 10.5 , etc.; χύτρας ἴχνος ἀπὸ σποδοῦ ἀφάνιζε
Pythag.
ap. Iamb. Protr. 21 . λδ́; χύτραι δίωτοι
Pl. Hp.Ma. 288d
; τοὐπίθημα τῆς χ. ἀφελών
Hegesipp. 1.13
; children were exposed in pots, τὸ δ' ἐσέφερε γραῦς ἐν χύτρᾳ τὸ παιδίον
Ar. Th. 505
; cf.χυτρίζω.
2. χύτραις ἱδρύεινsetup, consecrate an altar or statue withpotsof pulse,τὰς χ. αἷς τὸν θεὸν(sc.Πλοῦτον) ἱδρυσόμεθα