kalpis

[kal-pis]

noun

1. a form of the hydria.

Word History and Origins

Origin of kalpis¹

From the Greek word kálpis pitcher

Example Sentences

The late museum curator Kurt Luckner had recommended Toledo buy the kalpis for $90,000, and its acquisition was a coup for Toledo because the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York had also wanted it at the time.

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The 2,500-year-old water vessel, or kalpis, has been on display at the Ohio museum since 1982, when it was purchased from an antiquities dealer out of Switzerland.

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Kalpis, kal′pis, n. a three-handled water-vase.

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