Ὑστιακόν.
Χαλκιδικόν.—Probably named from the Thracian Chalkidike.
Χόννος.—A bronze cup (perhaps a kind of kylix).
ᾨδός.—A cup associated with the singing of σκόλια.
ᾨόν.—An egg-shaped cup.
ᾨοσκύφιον.—A double cup, apparently like an egg standing in an egg-cup.
Pollux also mentions the names Βησιακόν and Καππαδοκικόν; and Athenaeus describes a γραμματικὸν ἔκπωμα, or cup ornamented with letters (in relief), probably a late Hellenistic type.
We now come to the names which can be identified with existing vases, or are described with some indication of their form.
A name which constantly occurs in two forms is the κοτύλη or κότυλος. The distinction appears to be that the former had no handles, but the latter one,[[640]] but otherwise the form was probably much the same, being that of a deep cup; it is also probable that it was sometimes used like the κύαθος, as a ladle for drawing out wine, as well as for drinking. The word κοτύλη is found as early as Homer,[[641]] used metaphorically for the hollow where the thigh-bone joins the hip; in its proper meaning as a cup, it occurs in the familiar proverb[[642]] which has been adopted into our language:
πολλὰ μεταξὺ πέλει κοτύλης καὶ χείλεος ἀκροῦ