λήκυθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• λᾱ́κῠθος (lā́kŭthos) — 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

 

• IPA^(key): /lɛ̌ː.ky.tʰos/ → /ˈli.cy.θos/ → /ˈli.ci.θos/

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

Noun

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

1. oil flask, oil bottle (lekythos)

   Synonym: τρίβανον (tríbanon)

2. cosmetics case
3. trope, rhetorical figure, big word
4. Adam's apple

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ λήκῠθος; τοῦ ληκῠ́θου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λήκῠθος ho lḗkŭthos	τὼ ληκῠ́θω tṑ lēkŭ́thō	οἱ λήκῠθοι hoi lḗkŭthoi
Genitive	τοῦ ληκῠ́θου toû lēkŭ́thou	τοῖν ληκῠ́θοιν toîn lēkŭ́thoin	τῶν ληκῠ́θων tôn lēkŭ́thōn
Dative	τῷ ληκῠ́θῳ tôi lēkŭ́thōi	τοῖν ληκῠ́θοιν toîn lēkŭ́thoin	τοῖς ληκῠ́θοις toîs lēkŭ́thois
Accusative	τὸν λήκῠθον tòn lḗkŭthon	τὼ ληκῠ́θω tṑ lēkŭ́thō	τοὺς ληκῠ́θους toùs lēkŭ́thous
Vocative	λήκῠθε lḗkŭthe	ληκῠ́θω lēkŭ́thō	λήκῠθοι lḗkŭthoi
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^[1], 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^[2], Chichester, West Sussex: Wiley-Blackwell