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λήκυθος

Second declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λήκυθος ληκύθου

Structure: ληκυθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. oil flask, oil bottle
  2. cosmetics case
  3. trope, rhetorical figure, big word
  4. Adam's apple

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative λήκυθος ληκύθω λήκυθοι
Genitive ληκύθου ληκύθοιν ληκύθων
Dative ληκύθῳ ληκύθοιν ληκύθοις
Accusative λήκυθον ληκύθω ληκύθους
Vocative λήκυθε ληκύθω λήκυθοι

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.

Examples

  • ἔλαιον οὐκ ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ ληκύθῳ. (Aristophanes, Birds, Lyric-Scene, strophe 1 1:27)
  • δῶκεν δὲ χρυσέῃ ἐν ληκύθῳ ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον, ἡο͂σ χυτλώσαιτο σὺν ἀμφιπόλοισι γυναιξίν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 6 8:6)
  • πὰρ δ’ ἄρα οἱ φᾶρόσ τε χιτῶνά τε εἵματ’ ἔθηκαν, δῶκαν δὲ χρυσέῃ ἐν ληκύθῳ ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον, ἤνωγον δ’ ἄρα μιν λοῦσθαι ποταμοῖο ῥοῇσιν. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 6 20:2)
  • ποιήσασ δέ ποτε κοῖλον ἐπίθημα τῇ ληκύθῳ περιέφερε νόμισμα, λύσιν ἕτοιμον τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἵν’ ἔχοι Κράτησ ὁ διδάσκαλοσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 12:5)
  • " ὡσ δὲ Κυνικόσ τισ οὐ φήσασ ἔλαιον ἔχειν ἐν τῇ ληκύθῳ, προσῄτησεν αὐτόν, οὐκ ἔφη δώσειν· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 17:3)

Synonyms

  1. oil flask

  2. cosmetics case

  3. Adam's apple

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