Κητειοι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possibly a borrowing from Hittite 𒄩𒋾 (ḫati).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛː.teː.oi̯/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke̝.ti.y/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ci.ti.y/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ci.ti.y/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.ti.i/

Noun

Κητειοι • (Kēteioi)

nominative/vocative plural of Κητειος (Kēteios)

According to Homer,^[2] a people who supported the Mysians under the command of Eurypylus. Tentatively identified with the Hittites.

Descendants

Latin: Ceteī

See also

Hittite

References

^ Huxley, G. L., Achaeans and Hittites, Oxford, 1960.
^ Homer The Odyssey 11.521