Cotyttia

/koʊˈtɪʃə/ noun

Definition

An ancient Greek drinking party or revel, especially one held in honor of Kotys, a Thracian goddess of merrymaking.

Etymology

From Kotys, the name of a Thracian goddess associated with drinking festivities, + -ia (Greek suffix), referring to celebrations held in her honor.

Kelly Says

Ancient Greek literary sources mention wild parties called cotyttia that were supposedly so raucous they became symbols of excessive celebration—the word itself became almost a byword for out-of-control fun in ancient literature.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ኮቲትያ
koh-tee-tee-yah
ARالعربية
كوتيتيا
koo-tee-tee-ah
BNবাংলা
কোটিতিয়া
koh-tee-tee-ah
CACatalà
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
CSČeština
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
DADansk
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
DEDeutsch
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
ELΕλληνικά
κοτυττία
koh-tee-ttee-ah
ESEspañol
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
FAفارسی
کوتیتیا
koo-tee-tee-ah
FISuomi
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
FRFrançais
cotyttia
koh-tee-tee-ah
GUGU
કોટિટિયા
koh-tee-tee-yah
HAHA
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
HEעברית
קוטיטיה
koo-tee-tee-ah
HIहिन्दी
कोटिटिया
koh-tee-tee-ah
HUMagyar
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
IGIG
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
ITItaliano
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
JA日本語
コティッティア
ko-ti-ttee-ah
KKKK
котиття
koh-tee-ttee-ah
KMKM
កុតិទី
koo-tee-tee
KO한국어
코티티아
ko-ti-ttee-ah
MRMR
कोटिटिया
koh-tee-tee-yah
MSBahasa Melayu
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
MYမြန်မာ
ကောတီတီယာ
ka-tee-tee-yah
NLNederlands
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
NONorsk
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
PAPA
ਕੋਟਿਟੀਆ
koh-tee-tee-yah
PLPolski
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
PTPortuguês
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
RORomână
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
RUРусский
котиття
koh-tee-ttee-ah
SVSvenska
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
SWKiswahili
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
TAதமிழ்
கோட்டிட்டியா
koh-tee-ttee-yah
TEతెలుగు
కోటిటియా
koh-tee-tee-yah
THไทย
โคติตเทีย
koh-tee-ttee-ah
TLTL
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
TRTürkçe
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
UKУкраїнська
котиття
koh-tee-ttee-ah
URاردو
کوٹیتیا
koo-tee-tee-ah
VITiếng Việt
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
YOYO
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah
ZH中文
科蒂提亚
kē dì tí yà
ZUZU
cotyttia
koh-tee-ttee-ah

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