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单词 lecythus
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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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