lecythus

English

Noun

lecythus (plural lecythi)

1. Alternative form of lekythos

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λήκυθος (lḗkuthos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈleː.ky.tʰus/, [ˈɫ̪eːkʏt̪ʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈle.t͡ʃi.tus/, [ˈlɛːt͡ʃit̪us]

Noun

lēcythus m (genitive lēcythī); second declension

1. flask, cruse (for oil)

Declension

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

• → Translingual: Lecythis

References

• “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