authepsa

From Ancient Greek *αὐθέψης (*authépsēs) (unattested in Greek), from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) +‎ Ancient Greek ἕψω (hépsō, “boil”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈtʰɛp.sa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [au̯ˈt̪ɛp.sa]

authepsa f (genitive authepsae); first declension

1. A utensil (with its own heater) for heating up water, highly similar to the much later Russian samovar

First-declension noun.

• “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