kylix
Americannoun
plural
kylikesnoun
Etymology
Origin of kylix
First recorded in 1890–95, kylix is from the Greek word kýlix cup
Vocabulary lists containing kylix
Ancient Greece - Middle School and High School
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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
It is not clear how the dozens of fragments that were used to reconstruct the kylix came to be so widely dispersed.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023
A terra-cotta kylix, created in Athens 2,500 years earlier, had been restored to life.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023
Von Bothmer did not leave detailed records of the process he used in recreating the kylix.
From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2023
The shapes most commonly employed by the Athenian potters of this period are the amphora, hydria, kylix, oinochoe and lekythos, the first-named being the most popular.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
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