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pelikae

pelikae is the plural of pelike.

Meaning of pelike

Noun

pelike (plural pelikes or pelikai or pelikae)

  1. A ceramic container of Ancient Greece, similar to an amphora.
    • The high twisted handles of Pl. XII, 60. 41, and the same sort of shape (but with boldly moulded lip), has been found at Kertch in the same grave as two red figure pelikae and lekythoi, some with r.f. palmettes, others with a check pattern filled in with white dots.1913, Percy N[eville] Ure, Black Glaze Pottery from Rhitsona in Boeotia (University College, Reading: Studies in History and Archaeology), London: Humphrey [Sumner] Milford, Oxford University Press...

Origin of pelikae

From Ancient Greek πελῐ́και (pelĭ́kai).

Questions about pelikae

What is pelikae the plural of?
Pelikae is the plural of pelike.

Words near pelikae in the dictionary

  1. Peligni
  2. Pelignian
  3. Pelignians
  4. Peligot's blue
  5. Peligran
  6. pelikae
  7. pelikai
  8. Pelikan
  9. pelike
  10. pelikes
  11. pelinkovac

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