chytra

noun

chy·​tra

ˈkī‧trə,

ˈki‧-

plural chytrae

-(ˌ)trē

or chytrai

-ˌtrī

: a usually earthenware cooking pot of ancient Greece

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Greek chýtra, from chy- (zero-grade stem of chéō, cheîn "to pour," going back to Indo-European *ǵheu̯-) + -trā, suffix of instruments

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