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English
Noun
lecythus (plural lecythi)
- Alternative form of lekythos
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λήκυθος (lḗkuthos).
Pronunciation
Noun
lēcythus m (genitive lēcythī); second declension
- flask, cruse (for oil)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “lecythus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lecythus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lecythus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “lecythus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- “lecythus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin