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Word entry · 6 letters

pithos

Best crossword clue

"Large ancient jar"

6 letters · collected on this word page

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Definitions

  1. A large ceramic jar used by certain ancient civilizations that bordered the Mediterranean.

Word origin

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πίθος (píthos).

Used in a sentence

  • Xenophon, Plato's contemporary, remarks that he finds pitiable those persons who, according to tradition, pour water into a perforated pithos, since they labor in vain.
  • Only two Hellenistic pithoi in use in the Hellenistic period have been found intact and in situ at the Agora, as far as I am aware.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Large ancient jar6 letters
02Ancient storage jar6 letters

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