lecythus

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English

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Noun

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lecythus (plural lecythi)

  1. Alternative form of lekythos

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek λήκυθος (lḗkuthos).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lēcythus m (genitive lēcythī); second declension

  1. flask, cruse (for oil)

Declension

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lēcythus lēcythī
Genitive lēcythī lēcythōrum
Dative lēcythō lēcythīs
Accusative lēcythum lēcythōs
Ablative lēcythō lēcythīs
Vocative lēcythe lēcythī

Descendants

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  • Translingual: Lecythis

References

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  • 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