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.
- ὃσ τοῖσ νεκροῖσι ζωγραφεῖ τὰσ ληκύθουσ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 2 1:28)
- ὑποστόρεσαί νυν πρῶτα τῆσ ὀριγάνου καὶ κλήμαθ’ ὑπόθου συγκλάσασα τέτταρα, καὶ ταινίωσαι καὶ παράθου τὰσ ληκύθουσ, ὕδατόσ τε κατάθου τοὔστρακον πρὸ τῆσ θύρασ. (Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae, Lyric-Scene, antistrophe 2 2:21)
- ληκύθουσ ἔχουσιν καὶ πρὸσ στλεγγίδασ, ἀγαπῶντεσ ἐκ πασῶν μίαν· (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 13 14:1)
- οὕτω δὲ καὶ πρὸσ ληκύθουσ ἔχουσι καὶ πρὸσ στλεγγίδασ, ἀγαπῶντεσ ἐκ πασῶν μίαν εἶθ’ ὅταν συντριβῇ τι τούτων ἢ ἀπόληται, βαρέωσ φέρουσι καὶ κολάζουσιν. (Plutarch, De cohibenda ira, section 13 4:4)
- "καὶ ἐπεισῆλθον ἄλλαι φέρουσαι ληκύθουσ μύρου ἑκάστη δύο συνδεδεμένασ ἱμάντι χρυσῷ, τὴν μὲν ἀργυρᾶν, τὴν δὲ χρυσῆν, κοτυλιαίασ, καὶ ἑκάστῳ προσέδωκαν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 2 3:3)
Synonyms
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oil flask
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cosmetics case
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Adam's apple
