Latin

Noun

lēcythus m ‎(genitive lēcythī); second declension

1. flask, cruse (for oil)

Inflection

Second declension.

References

• lecythus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lecythus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• lecythus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lecythus in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• lecythus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin