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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

  • ἀλλ’ ἔμ’ ἀποδύσασ’ ἐπιβαλοῦσα τοὔγκυκλον ᾤχου καταλιποῦσ’ ὡσπερεὶ προκείμενον, μόνον οὐ στεφανώσασ’ οὐδ’ ἐπιθεῖσα λήκυθον. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Choral, iambics 1:2)
  • τὰ κηρία κόμιζε, τοὺσ θαλλοὺσ καθίστη πλησίον, καὶ τὼ τρίποδ’ ἐξένεγκε καὶ τὴν λήκυθον. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Episode6)
  • ὦ τρισκακοδαίμων εἰ γυναῖκα δεῖ σαπρὰν βινεῖν ὅλην τὴν νύκτα καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν, κἄπειτ’ ἐπειδὰν τῆσδ’ ἀπαλλαγῶ, πάλιν φρύνην ἔχουσαν λήκυθον πρὸσ ταῖσ γνάθοισ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 2 4:26)
  • πρὸσ γὰρ τουτονὶ τὸν πρόλογον οὐχ ἕξει προσάψαι λήκυθον. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 2:8)
  • ὦ δαιμόνι’ ἀνδρῶν ἀποπρίω τὴν λήκυθον, ἵνα μὴ διακναίσῃ τοὺσ προλόγουσ ἡμῶν. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene 2:18)

Synonyms

  1. oil flask

  2. cosmetics case

  3. Adam's apple

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