amphora
- a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.
Origin of amphora
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Historical Examples of amphorae
A great number of amphorae were found in it, as also in both peristyles.
Pompeii, Its Life and ArtAugust Mau
Fruits and other edibles of all kinds were kept in amphorae.
Pompeii, Its Life and ArtAugust Mau
The amphorae which you hid in the mound are probably—I can't say for certain, mind—priceless.
The WouldbegoodsE. Nesbit
The amphorae were sometimes marked with the name of the wine, and the names of the consuls for the year in which they were filled.
The Private Life of the RomansHarold Whetstone Johnston
Her vases and amphorae have been frequently exhibited and are praised by connoisseurs and critics.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.Clara Erskine Clement
amphora
- an ancient Greek or Roman two-handled narrow-necked jar for oil, wine, etc
Word Origin for amphora
Word Origin and History for amphorae
amphora
early 14c., "two-handled vessel for holding wine, oil, etc.," from Latin amphora from Greek amphoreus "an amphora, jar, urn," contraction of amphiphoreus, literally "two-handled," from amphi- "on both sides" (see amphi-) + phoreus "bearer," related to pherein "to bear" (see infer). Also a liquid measure in the ancient world, in Greece equal to 9 gallons, in Rome to 6 gallons, 7 pints.