kylix

American  

[kahy-liks, kil-iks] / ˈkaɪ lɪks, ˈkɪl ɪks /

noun

Greek and Roman Antiquity.

kylikes plural

1. a shallow bowl having two horizontal handles projecting from the sides, often set upon a stem terminating in a foot: used as a drinking cup.

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kylix British  

/ ˈkaɪlɪks, ˈkɪl- /

noun

1. a shallow two-handled drinking vessel used in ancient Greece

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• kylikes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of kylix

First recorded in 1890–95, kylix is from the Greek word kýlix cup

Example Sentences

They including an ancient Greek kylix, or drinking cup, and were returned to Egypt and Italy.

From New York Times • May 9, 2023

In September, the Manhattan district attorney’s office seized the kylix, now valued at more than $1 million, and declared it the product of looting.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

The kylix is thought to have traveled to Italy in trade with the Etruscans, whose civilization dominated central Italy in the centuries before the rise of the Roman republic.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

In an interview, Medici said he could not recall the kylix and disputed the contention that the Polaroids constituted evidence that the depicted fragments had passed through his hands.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023

The bowl is shallow and is set gracefully upon the stand, the whole shape closely resembling simple conditions of the classic kylix.

From Ancient art of the province of Chiriqui, Colombia Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-1885, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 3-188 by Holmes, William Henry