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loutrophoros

American

[loo-trof-uh-ros] / luˈtrɒf əˌrɒs /

noun

Greek and Roman Antiquity. a water jar, characterized by an elongated neck and flaring mouth, used to carry water for the marriage bath and set on the tomb of a person who had been unmarried.

Etymology

Origin of loutrophoros

1895–1900; < Greek loutrophóros literally, bringing water for the bath, equivalent to loutró ( n ) bath ( loú ( ein ) to wash (compare Latin lavāre to lave ¹ ) + -tron instrumental suffix)+ -phoros -phorous

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