authepsa

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek *αὐθέψης (*authépsēs) (unattested in Greek), from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) +‎ Ancient Greek ἕψω (hépsō, “boil”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [au̯ˈtʰɛp.sa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [au̯ˈtɛp.sa] === Noun === authepsa f (genitive authepsae); first declension A utensil (with its own heater) for heating up water, highly similar to the much later Russian samovar ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “authepsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “authepsa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “authepsa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “authepsa”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “authepsa”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin