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lecythus

Meaning of "lecythus" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LECYTHUS

From Greek lēkuthos.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF LECYTHUS

ˈlɛsɪθəs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LECYTHUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lecythus is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LECYTHUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lekythos

A lekythos is a type of Greek pottery used for storing oil, especially olive oil. It has a narrow body and one handle attached to the neck of the vessel.

Definition of lecythus in the English dictionary

The definition of lecythus in the dictionary is a vase with a narrow neck.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LECYTHUS

acanthus · agapanthus · agnathous · ailanthus · calycanthus · canthus · ceanothus · dianthus · epignathous · helianthus · Hyacinthus · Malthus · miscanthus · Oireachtas · paragnathous · polyanthus · prognathous · schizanthus · strophanthus · Xanthus

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LECYTHUS

lectionaries · lectionary · lectisternia · lectisternium · lector · lectorate · lectorship · lectotype · lectress · lecture · lecture course · lecture hall · lecture notes · lecture room · lecture theatre · lecturer · lectureship · lecythi · lecythidaceous · led

WORDS THAT END LIKE LECYTHUS

Aegisthus · amianthus · Balthus · calathus · clianthus · cyathus · epicanthus · Erymanthus · Mount Erymanthus · Olynthus · Rhadamanthus · thus · Xuthus · Zacynthus

Synonyms and antonyms of lecythus in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lecythus» into 25 languages

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油瓶
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lecythus
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Lecythus
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Lekythos
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lecythus
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Lecythus
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lecythus
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lecythus
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लेसिथस
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lecythus
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lecythus
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lecythus
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lecythus
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LECYTHUS»

Discover the use of lecythus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lecythus and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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American Journal of Archaeology
-/ia]^o?. There are no human figures and there never have been any. This lecythus does not fit into any one of the groups established by Professor Arthur Fairbanks in his Athenian White Lekythoi. Except for the white shoulder and neck and ...
‎1908
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A catalogue of the Greek vases in the Fitzwilliam Museum, ...
Lecythus, rounded body, top curving out from neck. Height, 42 m. Ornamentation, as 85. Subject. Very rude indication of reclining figure on couch; on either side, seated figure. Leake Collection ; Athens. 88. Lecythus, cylindrical body, cup ...
Fitzwilliam Museum, Ernest Arthur Gardner, 1897
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies
Similarly treated are a small lecythus from K. 19, and a round-bellied jug with short neck from K. 21. In K. 41 was found a cylix, probably early, with the familiar Gorgoneion in the centre with staring eyes and tongue out. Tomb 10 produced a  ...
‎1890
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Catalogue of the collection of Assyrian, Babylonian, ...
47 LECYTHUS. Proserpine mounting in a quadriga, Bacchus at the side of the horses, Demeter seated in front, and Apollo and Bacchus at the side of the horses. Athenian style. 7i in- h. 18 LECYTHUS. Bacchus seated, holding vine and keras, ...
Bram Hertz, 1851
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The history of Thucydides, newly tr. and illustr. with ...
which lay off at anchor, to the citadel called Lecythus 6, which the Athenians held, and which occupied a height above the city 7 to the seaward, of which the site was cut off from the continent at a narrow isthmus.8 Thither also took refuge such  ...
Thucydides, 1829
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The History of Thucydides: Newly Tr. Into English...with ...
which lay off at anchor, to the citadel called Lecythus 6, which the Athenians held, and which occupied a height above the city 7 to the seaward, of which the site was cut off from the continent at a narrow isthmus.8 Thither also took refuge such  ...
Thucydides, 1829
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Catalogue of antiquities in the National museum of the ...
Lecythus, on which are painted a female driving a chariot, &c ; black figures on a red ground. 166. Lecythus, three male and two female figures dancing, one playing upon a musical instrument ; red ware. 167. Lecythus, man fighting with a bull ...
National museum of antiquities of Scotland, 1865
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American journal of archaeology
PosKiDON and Amymone: picture ever has before. But Lecythus: New York. unavoidably it loses also in its carrying power as design. And since pots are more appropriately ornamented with designs than with paintings, the decorative effect of ...
‎1923
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The Landmark Thucydides
Having encouraged them with this address, he made his attack upon Lecythus as soon as the truce expired, and the Athenians defended themselves from a poor wall and from some houses with parapets. [2] For one day they beat him off.
Thucydides, Robert B. Strassler, 2008
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The Peloponnesian War
When the Athenians were alerted (this was a force of about fifty hoplites, sleeping in the agora), a few of them were killed in hand-to-hand fighting but the rest managed to make their escape to safety in the fort of Lecythus, either on foot or by ...
Thucydides, 2009
REFERENCE
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