kylix

[ kahy-liks, kil-iks ]

noun

, Greek and Roman Antiquity.

, plural ky·li·kes [kahy, -li-keez, kil, -i-].

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.

kylix

/ ˈkaɪlɪks; ˈkɪl- /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of kylix¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of kylix¹

C19: from Greek kulix cup; compare chalice

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

As hundreds of disparate shards of pottery arrived at the museum — some as purchases, some as gifts — dozens turned out to be parts of the same Greek kylix from roughly 490 B.C.

From New York Times

Among the more precious pieces Italian and U.S. officials displayed to journalists in Rome is a B.C. kylix, or shallow two-handled drinking vessel, some 2,600 years old.

From Seattle Times

It occupies a 19th-century walnut table and recalls a Greek kylix, but it flops, uncannily, to one side, its body made not of rigid and impermeable pottery, but of softly coiled machine-braided rope.

From New York Times

“At a certain point, a beam of sunlight came through the window and fell directly on the kylix. In that special light, you could see that something was there.”

From Wall Street Journal