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ληκύθουσ

oil-flasks; bombast

Source: Demosthenic-rhetorical

Register: technical

Etymology

Acc. plur. of λήκυθος; rhetorical jargon for grandiloquent bombast (cf. Demosthenes' λήκυθοι).

Occurs in 1 work (1 mentions)

Ad Atticum 1.14 13 February 61 BC · 1 occurrence

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