lecythus
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
lecythus (plural lecythi)
- Alternative form of lekythos
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek λήκυθος (lḗkuthos).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleː.ky.tʰus/, [ˈɫ̪eːkʏt̪ʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.t͡ʃi.tus/, [ˈlɛːt͡ʃit̪us]
Noun[edit]
lēcythus m (genitive lēcythī); second declension
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
- → Translingual: Lecythis
References[edit]
- “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
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