loutrophoros

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noun

An Ancient Greek pottery vessel with elongated neck and two handles, used to hold water during marriage and funeral rituals.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounloutrophoros (plural loutrophoroi)

plural loutrophoroi

  1. An Ancient Greek pottery vessel with elongated neck and two handles, used to hold water during marriage and funeral rituals.

    The psykter, attributed to the so-called Kleophrades Painter, and the loutrophoros, attributed to the legendary Darius Painter, will remain at the museum for four years as part of a research program in which both the Italian government and the museum will take part, the university said.

    2007 October 27, Elisabetta Povoledo, “Princeton to Return Disputed Art to Italy”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekλουτροφόρος
  2. Englishloutrophoros

From Ancient Greek λουτροφόρος (loutrophóros).

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