stamnos

[stam-nos]

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stamnos¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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