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ληκύθ-ιον

lekuthion · τό

small oil-flask

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What it meant

ληκύθ-ιον · lēkyth-ion — LSJ

small oil-flask

Dim. of λήκυθος, small oil-flask, Ar. Ra. 1200-1246, D. 24.114, PTeb. 221 (ii B.C.), Anon. ap. Suid., etc.

II

name for the Trochaic hephthemimer, originating with the form ληκύθιον ἀπώλεσεν in Ar. l.c., Heph. 6.2.

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Where it came from

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