קיתונא

קִיתוֹן, קִיתוֹנָאch. sam(קיתון kithon). Esth. R. to II, 1 (introd.) the drunkard says, מה דהדין ק׳ דנחשאוכ׳ what this copper ladle serves for, an earthen ladle will do Y.Kidd.III, 64a הב לי ק׳ דאיתוכ׳ give me the cyathus which I have with thee; הב לי קותונהוכ׳ (read: קִיתוֹנִי) give me my cyathus, and get the Denar (which I owe thee). Y.Ab. Zar. III, 42d הוה ליה קווקיןוכ׳ (corr. acc.) had a ladle on which was the figure of a Roman deity; אהן ק׳ מכיוןוכ׳ a ladle, since it is dipped in water, is considered a common vessel (ornamentations of which have no idolatrous character); a. e.Pl. קַיתוֹנַיָּא. Targ. Y. Num. 31:23 (ed. Amst. קַתּוּנְיָא, corr. acc.).