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stamnos

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[stam-nos] / ˈstæm nɒs /

noun

Greek and Roman Antiquity.

PLURAL

stamnoi

  1. a storage jar having an oval body tapering at the base and two horizontal handles set on the shoulder.

Etymology

Origin of stamnos

1835–45; < Greek stámnos; akin to histánai to cause to stand; stand

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Stamnos, stam′nos, n. an ancient Greek short-necked, two-handled wine-vase.

From Project Gutenberg

Upon Plate LXXV. is an illustration of a vase painting in red figures from a Stamnos from Vulci Panofka.

From Project Gutenberg

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