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Meaning of "lekythos" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEKYTHOS

lekythos  [ˈliːkɪˌθɒs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEKYTHOS

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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lekythos 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 LEKYTHOS 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 lekythos in the English dictionary

The definition of lekythos in the dictionary is a flask with a narrow neck that was used in ancient Greece as a container for ointments and oils.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEKYTHOS


acolouthos
ˌækəˈluːθɒs
Athos
ˈæθɒs
bathos
ˈbeɪθɒs
benthos
ˈbɛnθɒs
ethos
ˈiːθɒs
mythos
ˈmaɪθɒs
pathos
ˈpeɪθɒs
phytobenthos
ˌfaɪtəʊˈbɛnθɒs
pithos
ˈpɪθɒs
Zakynthos
zəˈkuːnθɒs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEKYTHOS

leisurewear
Leith
leitmotif
Leitrim
Leix
Leizhou Peninsula
lek
lekgotla
lekker
lekvar
Lely
LEM
Lemalu
leman
Lemberg
lemel
Lemessus
lemma
lemmata
lemmatisation

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEKYTHOS

akolouthos
akoluthos
alloiostrophos
dolichos
kolkhos
leptophos
Matosinhos
Matozinhos
mesobenthos
Mount Athos
Niarchos
Paphos
promachos
Sheva Brochos
skyphos
stichos

Synonyms and antonyms of lekythos in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lekythos» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEKYTHOS

Find out the translation of lekythos to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lekythos from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lekythos» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lekythos
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lekythos
570 millions of speakers

English

lekythos
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lekythos
380 millions of speakers
ar

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lekythos
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лекиф
278 millions of speakers

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lekythos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lekythos
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lekythos
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lekythos
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lekythos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

lekythos
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lekythos
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lekythos
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lekythos
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லெகிதோஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लकेथॉस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

lekythosu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

lekythos
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lekythos
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лекіф
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lekythos
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λήκυθος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lekythos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lekythos
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lekythos
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lekythos

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEKYTHOS»

The term «lekythos» is normally little used and occupies the 109.961 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEKYTHOS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lekythos

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEKYTHOS»

Discover the use of lekythos in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lekythos and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Greek Painted Pottery
The Greek word 'lekythos' could describe several kinds of flask; there is evidence that it was used for what are now called the ovoid aryballos, the round aryballos, the lekythos of white-ground shape and the squat lekythos, and also for a ...
Robert Manuel Cook, 1997
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Harvard Studies in Classical Philology
as a byform of the spherical lekythos with a continuous curve from neck to base; in the early Fifth Century it had adopted its characteristic shoulder and neck; but by the end of the century it was once again merging with the squat or round types  ...
G. P. Goold, 1972
3
The Art of Vase-Painting in Classical Athens
A few venture from time to time on larger pots, the Painter of the Yale Lekythos, for instance, who decorates in addition some skyphoi and the odd cup-skyphos and cup."2 We noticed his cup- skyphos in an earlier chapter. A large number of ...
Martin Robertson, 1992
4
The Metal Objects (1952-1989)
Only the round mouth, the lip, and a small part of the neck of this hammered lekythos are preserved. The mouth, shaped like a funnel, is composed of a sheet that is bent back at the lip with a considerable overhang (0.007 m.). Similar lekythoi ...
Isabelle Kelly Raubitschek
5
Konservieren oder restaurieren: die Restaurierung ...
Technical Study and Reconstruction of a Huge White-Ground Lekythos from the Antikensammlung, Berlin Marie Svoboda Zu antiken, neuzeitlichen und aktuellen Restaurierungen auf der Grundlage materialwissenschaftlicher. Introduction In ...
Martin Bentz, Ursula Kästner, Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2007
6
Greek Vases in the J. Paul Getty Museum: Volume 4
Publication of a new white lekythos usually concentrates on iconography and style of painting. This publication takes a different course because the iconography of the lekythoi is not funerary and their attribution is either not open to question or ...
The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1989
7
Vase Painting, Gender, and Social Identity in Archaic Athens
40.35; BA 350269 Frankfurt, Museum f ̈ur Vor– und Fr ̈uhgeschichte B292 lekythos Germany 30, Frankfurt 2, pl. 47.1–2 BA 11894 Frankfurt, Museum f ̈ur Vor– und Fr ̈uhgeschichte B293 lekythos Germany 30, Frankfurt 2, pl. 47.6–7 BA ...
Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell, 2013
8
The Red-figure Pottery
139 (CP 1687) Squat-lekythos fragment PI. 24 Group 5. H. 0.023, W. 0.064, Th. 0.004. Shoulder and beginning of neck. High-shouldered, squat lekythos of the same type as 138. Head and shoulders of a woman facing left, chest frontaI.
Sharon Herbert, 1977
9
Figures of Speech: Men and Maidens in Ancient Greece
Variants GELA, Museo Civico (cim. spor. 1948-49), white lekythos. Manner of the Bow- doin Painter. ARV2 691, 29. OXFORD, Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology 325, squat lekythos. CVA Great Britain 3, pL 40.19 Q. SEATED FlGURE ...
Gloria Ferrari, 2002
10
Athenian Vase Construction: A Potter's Analysis
Attic black-figured lekythos fragment. JPGM 77-AE.55-1- Attic black-figured lekythos fragment. JPGM 81.AE.207.268. Attic black-figured lekythos fragment. JPGM, no inv. no. Black-figured lekythos fragment attributed to the Bulas Group.
Toby Schreiber, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEKYTHOS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lekythos is used in the context of the following news items.
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Artemis Gallery's Dec. 5 auction shines spotlight on Old World cultures
Another irresistible Greek object, Lot 23A, is an Attic red-figure owl lekythos or handled oil vessel. Standing 4.13 inches high, it is adorned with ... «ArtfixDaily, Dec 14»
2
Can I imagine stealing a great work of art? Yes, I can. But I wouldn't
But you're right- hiding it away and gloating would have been very sad. And I was very, very tempted, years back, by a white ground Lekythos at ... «The Guardian, Jun 14»
3
Ancient, Ethnographic Art headline sale at Artemis Gallery LIVE …
The iconic elegance of Ancient Greece is embodied by a spectacular Greek Attic Lekythos, very rare, depicting Ariadne leading two satyrs to a ... «ArtfixDaily, Mar 14»
4
L. Kent Wolgamott: 'Poseidon and the Sea' a captivating exhibition of …
There's no need to know much about mythology, ancient Greece and Rome or the difference between an amphora, lekythos, hydria or stamnos ... «Lincoln Journal Star, Feb 14»
5
Ancient Greece at The Beaney
One of the vases is an oil-vessel, a lekythos, with a depiction in the so-called red-figure style. This style was used throughout the Classical ... «Canterbury Times, Jan 14»
6
Can You Dig It? Archeology Students Uncover Mysteries in Ashkelon
Jolicoeur was digging up a Persian stone bin when he found a white-ground attic lekythos painted with a floral pattern. “[The artifact] is a small, ... «Wesleyan Argus, Nov 13»
7
The sophisticated world of Greek pottery
... holy perfume and oil; for wedding rituals and funerary functions, as well as storage shapes and utilitarian shapes - as oil bottles or lekythos. «Neos Kosmos, Sep 13»
8
Selected Coins in Jacquier's Auction Sale
This section's star is an Attic black-figure lekythos, estimated at 25,000 euros, depicting a fight scene, made around 520 B. C. An offer of ... «Coin Update News, Aug 13»
9
W&M hosts international conference on ancient Athenian pottery
Black Figure Lekythos, 520 - 510 B.C. Phanyllis Group, Terracotta. Chrysler Museum of Art. “In archeology, the one thing that is always left is ... «William and Mary News, Aug 12»
10
Those Greek Heroes, Sometimes Behaving Badly
The painting on a tall lekythos, or oil jug, from the National Archaeological Museum in Athens shows two men transforming into pigs under the ... «New York Times, Oct 10»

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« EDUCALINGO. Lekythos [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lekythos>. Apr 2024 ».
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