Definition of lecythus in English:

lecythus

nounPlural lecythiˈlɛsɪθəs

A thin narrow-necked vase or flask from ancient Greece.
Example sentencesExamples
- Many beautiful lecythi from the tombs of Athens are preserved in the British Museum.
- The white Hellenistic house lecythus consist a particular category of funerary gifts put in the tombs of the Classical period.
- In the other two are ancient vases, lecythi, statuettes and other Mycenaean, Geometrical, Corinthian, Boeotian, Attican and Hellenistic archaeological finds, on loan from the Archaeological Museum.
- Victors at the Olympic Games were given oil in special lecythi.
- The statue was found in a shed, along with fragments from the same statue and a segment of a marble lecythus.

Origin

Via late Latin from Greek lēkuthos.

单词	lecythus
释义	Definition of lecythus in English: lecythus nounPlural lecythiˈlɛsɪθəs A thin narrow-necked vase or flask from ancient Greece. Example sentencesExamples Many beautiful lecythi from the tombs of Athens are preserved in the British Museum. The white Hellenistic house lecythus consist a particular category of funerary gifts put in the tombs of the Classical period. In the other two are ancient vases, lecythi, statuettes and other Mycenaean, Geometrical, Corinthian, Boeotian, Attican and Hellenistic archaeological finds, on loan from the Archaeological Museum. Victors at the Olympic Games were given oil in special lecythi. The statue was found in a shed, along with fragments from the same statue and a segment of a marble lecythus. Origin Via late Latin from Greek lēkuthos.
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