hydria

British  

/ ˈhaɪdrɪə /

noun

1. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a large water jar

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Etymology

Origin of hydria

C19: from Latin, from Greek hudria, from hudōr water

Example Sentences

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

The shapes most commonly employed by the Athenian potters of this period are the amphora, hydria, kylix, oinochoe and lekythos, the first-named being the most popular.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

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

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