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‖ lekythos Gr. Antiq.|ˈliːkɪθɒs, ˈlɛ-|
Also lecythus |ˈlɛsɪθəs|. Pl. lecythi, lekythoi |-ɔɪ|.
[a. Gr. λήκυθος (whence late L. lēcythus).]
A vase or flask with a narrow neck.
1851Catal. Greek & Etruscan Vases Brit. Mus. I. 27 Lékythos... Clay ash-coloured; round the body brown and crimson bands. 1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) I. 40 A small vase in the Museum..exactly resembles a lecythus, or oil cruse. 1889Athenæum 4 May 575/3 Two white and black lecythi. 1899R. Glazier Man. Hist. Ornament 77 A vase produced specially for funeral purposes was the Athenian Lekythos, the body of which was covered with white slip, then painted in polychrome with subjects of singular appropriateness. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Dec. 1054/1 Athenian white lekythoi. 1948A. Lane Greek Pott. iv. 54 The white slip was easily chipped or abraded, and the technique was mainly reserved for..lekythoi that were buried with the dead. 1960R. G. Haggar Conc. Encycl. Cont. Pott. & Porc. 246/2 Lekythos,..a narrow-necked flask or vase well adapted (from its long narrow neck) for the slow pouring of oil, chiefly used in funeral rites. 1972Oxf. Univ. Gaz. CII. Suppl. No. 3. 20 White ground lekythos by the Inscription Painter, Attic, mid-5th century b.c.
Hence ˈlecythoid a., resembling a lekythos.
1889Athenæum 4 May 575/3 From the same tomb came..a black-figured lecythoid vase. |