λήκυθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

λᾱ́κῠθος (lā́kuthos) – Doric

Etymology

Pre-Greek. Has been connected to Old Church Slavonic лакъть (lakŭtĭ, “pot”), but the connection is problematic. Probably related in some way to Etruscan 𐌋𐌄𐌙𐌕𐌖𐌌 (leχtum, “a kind of small bottle; lekythos”) (see ληκύθιον (lēkúthion)). Could also be related to λάγυνος (lágunos) and λάγιον (lágion).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.ky.tʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈle.ky.tʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ky.θos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈli.cy.θos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ci.θos/

Noun

λήκῠθος • (lḗkuthos) f (genitive ληκῠ́θου); second declension

oil flask, oil bottle (lekythos)
cosmetics case
trope, rhetorical figure, big word
Adam's apple

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λήκῠθος; τοῦ ληκῠ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λήκῠθος ho lḗkuthos	τὼ ληκῠ́θω tṑ lēkúthō	οἱ λήκῠθοι hoi lḗkuthoi
Genitive	τοῦ ληκῠ́θου toû lēkúthou	τοῖν ληκῠ́θοιν toîn lēkúthoin	τῶν ληκῠ́θων tôn lēkúthōn
Dative	τῷ ληκῠ́θῳ tôi lēkúthōi	τοῖν ληκῠ́θοιν toîn lēkúthoin	τοῖς ληκῠ́θοις toîs lēkúthois
Accusative	τὸν λήκῠθον tòn lḗkuthon	τὼ ληκῠ́θω tṑ lēkúthō	τοὺς ληκῠ́θους toùs lēkúthous
Vocative	λήκῠθε lḗkuthe	ληκῠ́θω lēkúthō	λήκῠθοι lḗkuthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

λήκυθος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
λήκυθος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
λήκυθος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
λήκυθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
λήκυθος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bottle idem, page 90.
- cruse idem, page 187.
- flagon idem, page 325.
- flask idem, page 326.
- jug idem, page 465.
- oil-flask idem, page 572.
- phial idem, page 610.
Bell, Sinclair; Carpino, Alexandra A. (2016) A Companion to the Etruscans‎, Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell

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