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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

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

  • εἴ γε κρασπέδοισ καὶ ἀμίσι χρυσαῖσ καὶ νὴ Δία ληκύθοισ, ὅταν τύχωσι, παραβάλλουσι τὸν μέγιστον πλοῦτον· (Plutarch, De communibus notitiis adversus Stoicos, section 22 10:1)
  • καθόλου δὲ καὶ τὰσ ἀγωγὰσ εὐθὺσ ἐκ παίδων ἐποιοῦντο τρυφεράσ, τήν τ’ ἐσθῆτα μαλακὴν φοροῦντεσ καθ’ ὑπερβολὴν καὶ χρυσοφοροῦντεσ, ἔτι δὲ στλεγγίσι καὶ ληκύθοισ ἀργυραῖσ τε καὶ χρυσαῖσ χρώμενοι. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xiii, chapter 80 23:1)

Synonyms

  1. oil flask

  2. cosmetics case

  3. Adam's apple

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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