hydria
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of hydria
C19: from Latin, from Greek hudria, from hudōr water
Example Sentences
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One of the seized objects, a 19-inch-high terra-cotta hydria, or water jar, depicting the deeds of Hercules, appeared on the cover of the museum’s 2012 catalog.
From New York Times • Dec. 15, 2021
When the Egyptians sacrificed a pig to the moon, "the first sacred emblem they carried was a hydria, or water-pitcher."
From Moon Lore by Harley, Timothy
A girl, holding in her hand branches of laurel or myrtle, looks musingly down on a hydria, which is being filled with the bridal water.
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
Her hair is bound with reeds; above her veil grows a tall water plant, and below the swan other water plants, and a stork seated on a hydria, or pitcher, from which water is flowing.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John
Pelike, pel′i-kē, n. a large vase like the hydria, double-handled.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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