λήκυθος: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f. (on the gender Schwyzer-Debrunner 34 n. 2)<br />Meaning: [[oil-]], [[parfumbottle with handle]] (Od.), also metaph. rhetorical bombast' (Cic., Plin.; = Lat. [[ampulla]]).<br />Dialectal forms: Epid. [[λάκυθος]] (IVa)<br />Compounds: Few compp., e.g. <b class="b3">αὑτο-λήκυθος</b> <b class="b2">who carries (for poverty) his own oilcasket</b> = [[poor man]], [[beggar]] (Att.).<br />Derivatives: Diminutivum [[ληκύθιον]] (Att.), <b class="b3">ληκυθιάδες ἐνώτια ποιά</b> (H.), [[ληκυτίαι]] pl. = [[λήκυθοι]] (pap.). - Denomin. verb [[ληκυθίζω]] <b class="b2">give a dump, hollow sound (as from a bottle with a small neck), speak deep in the throat</b> (Call., Str., Phryn., Poll.) with <b class="b3">ληκυθ-ιστής</b> [[who recited with hollow voice]], [[κοιλόφωνος]](S. Fr. 1063, H.), <b class="b3">-ισμός</b> [[hollow]], [[dump speaking]] (Plu.); also as backformation <b class="b3">λήκυθος τὸ μεταξὺ τοῦ λαυκανίου καὶ αὑχένος ἠχῶδες</b> (Clearch.); cf. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 35 n. 12, Bill ClassPhil. 36, 46ff.; extensive Quincey Class Quart. 43, 32ff. with diff. interpretation and discussion.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: Cultural word (cf. Schwyzer 61, Hermann Glotta 13, 152); also GN [[Λήκυθος]] (Macedonia). Wrong IE etymologies in Bq and v. Blumenthal Gnomon 10, 526. Connection with OCS [[lakъtь]], Russ. [[lákotь]] [[pot]] is doubtful, s. Vasmer Wb. s. v. (see Machek Studia in hon. Acad. d. Dečev 50). On [[λήκυθος]] in gen. L. J. Elferink, Lekythos. Archäologische, sprachliche und religionsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen. Amsterdam 1934 (in linguistical aspects contestable). - Fur. 121 connects [[λάγυνος]], [[λάγιον]] [[beaker]], [[vase]].