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Amphora

//ˈæm.fə.ɹə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil. historical

    "By concurrent use of panel decoration and concentric-circle ornament, and by free employment of red paint, the fully developed style of the Geometric Period attains a wide range of rich and elaborate effects. These are best displayed on the necks and shoulders of the very large amphorai which are characteristic of this period."

  2. 2
    an ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck; used to hold oil or wine wordnet
  3. 3
    A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 80 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 26 L although differing slightly over time. historical
  4. 4
    A Roman unit of ship capacity, similar to tonnage. historical
  5. 5
    A lower valve of a fruit that opens transversely.

Etymology

From Latin amphora (“large wine vessel, Roman unit of liquid measure”), from Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús, “two-handled pitcher, Greek units of liquid measure”), ultimately from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀠𐀡𐀩𐀸 (a-pi-po-re-we, “carried on both sides”).

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