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pelikes

pelikes 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...

Questions about pelikes

What is pelikes the plural of?
Pelikes is the plural of pelike.

Words near pelikes in the dictionary

  1. Peligran
  2. pelikae
  3. pelikai
  4. Pelikan
  5. pelike
  6. pelikes
  7. pelinkovac
  8. pelioma
  9. peliomata
  10. peliomycin
  11. Pelion

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