λήκυθος
Second declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
λήκυθος
ληκύθου
Structure:
ληκυθ
(Stem)
+
ος
(Ending)
Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)
Sense
- oil flask, oil bottle
- cosmetics case
- trope, rhetorical figure, big word
- Adam's apple
Declension
Second declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ὅμωσ δ’ ἐάν τι πολλὰ πολλάκισ πάθω ὑπὸ τοῖνδε τοῖν κασαλβάδοιν δεῦρ’ ἐσπλέων, θάψαι μ’ ἐπ’ αὐτῷ τῷ στόματι τῆσ ἐσβολῆσ, καὶ τήνδ’ ἄνωθεν ἐπιπολῆσ τοῦ σήματοσ ζῶσαν καταπιττώσαντεσ εἶτα τὼ πόδε μολυβδοχοήσαντεσ κύκλῳ περὶ τὰ σφυρὰ ἄνω ’πιθεῖναι πρόφασιν ἀντὶ ληκύθου. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 2 4:29)
- οἴμοι πεπλήγμεθ’ αὖθισ ὑπὸ τῆσ ληκύθου. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 2:6)
- ἴθι δὴ λέγ’ ἕτερον κἀπέχου τῆσ ληκύθου. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 2:16)
- ἀμέλεια καὶ ἀτιμία γαμετῆσ καὶ πρὸσ οἰκείουσ ὑπεροψία καὶ χρημάτων ὄλεθροσ οὐδέν ἐστι πρὸσ αὐτόν, ἀλλ’ ἄφωνοσ ἐν τούτοισ καὶ ἄτολμοσ, ὥσπερ ἀθλητὴν ἀλείπτησ ἐῶν μεθύειν καὶ ἀκολασταίνειν, εἶτα περὶ ληκύθου χαλεπὸσ ὢν καὶ στλεγγίδοσ, ἢ γραμματικὸσ ἐπιπλήττων παιδὶ περὶ δέλτου καὶ γραφείου, σολοικίζοντοσ δὲ καὶ βαρβαρίζοντοσ οὐ δοκῶν ἀκούειν. (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 17 14:1)
- καὶ τῶν λιπαρῶν λίθων τῶν ἐν ταῖσ τριόδοισ παριὼν ἐκ τῆσ ληκύθου ἔλαιον καταχεῖν καὶ ἐπὶ γόνατα πεσὼν καὶ προσκυνήσασ ἀπαλλάττεσθαι. (Theophrastus, Characters, 5:1)
Synonyms
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oil flask
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cosmetics case
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Adam's apple
