λήκυθος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(Dor. [[λάκυθος]] [ᾱ] <span class="title">IG</span>42(1).123.130 (Epid., iv B.C.)), ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[lekythos]], [[oil-flask]], δῶκεν δὲ χρυσέῃ ἐν ληκύθῳ ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον <span class="bibl">Od.6.79</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">215</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Morb.</span>4.51</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>102.41</span>, etc.; [[casket for unguents]], [[casket for cosmetics]], etc., <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>130</span>; αἱ δὲ λήκυθοι μύρου γέμουσι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>810</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>207</span>; buried or burnt with the dead, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ec.</span>538</span>, <span class="bibl">996</span>, <span class="bibl">1032</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>14.865, <span class="title">CIG</span> 8346k. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in pl., [[λήκυθοι]] ([[lekythoi]])= [[rhetorical bombast]], <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span>1.14.3</span>, Plin.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1.2.4. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[projecting cartilage on the gullet]], [[Adam's apple]] = [[βρόχθος]], <span class="bibl">Clearch.72</span>.</span>