1. λήκυθος · lēkythos — Beekes
λήκυθος [f.] ‘casket for oil or perfume’ (Od.), also metaph. ‘rhetorical bombast’ (Cic., Plin.), = Lat. ampulla.
eVAR On the gender see Schwyzer 1950: 34’. *DIAL Epid. λάκυθος (IV*). eCOMP αὐτο-λήκυθος ‘who carries his own oil-casket’ (out of poverty) = ‘poor man, beggar’ (Att.). eDER Diminutive ληκύθιον (Att.), ληκυθιάδες: ἐνώτια ποιά ‘earrings’ (H.), ληκυτίαι [pl.] = λήκυθοι (pap.). Denominative ληκυθίζω … — [Beekes, s.v. λήκυθος, p. 903] 2. λήκυθος · lēkythos — Chantraine
λήκυθος : L., épidaurien λἄκυθος (τν 8. av.), « récipient, fiole à anses » contenant de l'huile, notamment de l'huile parfumée (Od., ion.-att., etc.) ; désigne p.-ê. un fic, une enflure (Ar. Ass. 1101, cf. Taillardat, Images d’Aristophane 8 76), «emphase» (Cic., Pline = lat. ampulla), cf. plus loin ληκυθίζειν ; cf. aussi la glose λήκυθος ᾿ τὸ μεταξὺ τοῦ λαυκανίου καὶ αὐχένος ἠχῶδες (Hsch.), et schol. PL Hipp. min. … — [Chantraine, s.v. λήκυθος, p. 653]
3. λήκῠθος · lēkythos — LSJ
oil-flask, casket for unguents, cosmeticsoil-flask, δῶκεν δὲ χρυσέῃ ἐν ληκύθῳ ὑγρὸν ἔλαιον Od. 6.79, cf. 215, Hp. Morb. 4.51, Ph. Bel. 102.41, etc.; casket for unguents, cosmetics, etc., S. Fr. 130; αἱ δὲ λήκυθοι μύρου γέμουσι Ar. Pl. 810, cf. Fr. 207; buried or burnt with the dead, Id. Ec. 538, 996, 1032, cf. IG 14.865, CIG 8346k.
2 rhetorical bombastin pl., rhetorical bombast, Cic. Att. 1.14.3, Plin. Ep. 1.2.4.
II projecting cartilage on the gullet, Adamʼs appleprojecting cartilage on the gullet, Adamʼs apple, = βρόχθος, Clearch. 72.