"κύστις" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κύστις in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kýs.tis/, /ˈcys.tis/, /ˈcis.tis/, /kýs.tis/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkys.tis/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈcys.tis/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈcys.tis/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈcis.tis/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) or from κύω (kúō). Etymology templates: {{inh|grc|ine-pro|*(s)kewH-||to cover}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|κύστεως|f|third}} κύστις • (kústis) f (genitive κύστεως); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κῠ́στῐς|εως|form=F}} Forms: kústis [romanization], κύστεως [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ἡ κῠ́στῐς [nominative, singular], κῠ́στει [dual, nominative], αἱ κῠ́στεις [nominative, plural], τῆς κῠ́στεως [genitive, singular], κῠστέοιν [dual, genitive], κῠ́στεων [genitive, plural], τῇ κῠ́στει [dative, singular], κῠστέοιν [dative, dual], ταῖς κῠ́στεσῐ [dative, plural], κῠ́στεσῐν [dative, plural], taîs kŭ́stesĭ [dative, plural], taîs kŭ́stesĭn [dative, plural], τὴν κῠ́στῐν [accusative, singular], κῠ́στει [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς κῠ́στεις [accusative, plural], κῠ́στῐ [singular, vocative], κῠ́στει [dual, vocative], κῠ́στεις [plural, vocative]
  1. bladder Synonyms: φῦσᾰ Derived forms: κύστιον (kústion)
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        "plural"
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      "ipa": "/ˈcis.tis/",
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}

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