Sense

1. a small oil-flask

Examples

• σὺ δέ, ὦ κακέ, οὐ Ληκυθίων οὑμὸσ δραπέτησ τυγχάνεισ οὐ μὲν οὖν ἄλλοσ. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 32:1)
• καὶ Ληκυθίων φιλοσοφεῖ. (Lucian, Fugitivi, (no name) 32:4)
• καὶ μὴν μὰ τὸν Δί’ οὐ κατ’ ἔποσ γέ σου κνίσω τὸ ῥῆμ’ ἕκαστον, ἀλλὰ σὺν τοῖσιν θεοῖσ ἀπὸ ληκυθίου σου τοὺσ προλόγουσ διαφθερῶ. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 1:37)
• ἀπὸ ληκυθίου σὺ τοὺσ ἐμούσ; (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 1:38)
• ποιεῖσ γὰρ οὕτωσ ὥστ’ ἐναρμόττειν ἅπαν, καὶ κῳδάριον καὶ ληκύθιον καὶ θύλακον, ἐν τοῖσ ἰαμβείοισι. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 1:40)
• Αἴγυπτοσ, ὡσ ὁ πλεῖστοσ ἔσπαρται λόγοσ, ξὺν παισὶ πεντήκοντα ναυτίλῳ πλάτῃ Ἄργοσ κατασχών ‐ ληκύθιον ἀπώλεσεν. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 2:1)
• τουτὶ τί ἦν τὸ ληκύθιον; (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 2:2)
• Διόνυσοσ, ὃσ θύρσοισι καὶ νεβρῶν δοραῖσ καθαπτὸσ ἐν πεύκαισι Παρνασσὸν κάτα πηδᾷ χορεύων ‐ ληκύθιον ἀπώλεσεν. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 2:5)
• ἢ γὰρ πεφυκὼσ ἐσθλὸσ οὐκ ἔχει βίον, ἢ δυσγενὴσ ὤν ‐ ληκύθιον ἀπώλεσεν. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 2:10)

Similar forms

• ληκύθιον (14)
• Ληκυθίων (3)
• ληκυθίου (2)
• ληκυθίζειν (1)
• ληκυθισμοὺς (1)
• Ληκυθίωνα (1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.