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