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‖ hydria|ˈhaɪdrɪə, ˈhɪdrɪə|
Pl. -æ.
[L. hydria, a. Gr. ὑδρία a water-pot, f. ὕδωρ, ὑδρ- water. Cf. hydre.]
A water-pot; in Archæol. a large Greek jar or pitcher for carrying water, with two or three handles.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. cxxviii. (1495), Ydria is a water vessel. 1850J. Leitch tr C. O. Müller's Anc. Art §299 (ed. 2) 338 The Corinthian hydriæ had two handles at the top. 1851C. Newton in Ruskin Stones Ven. I. App. xxi. 408 A stork seated on a hydria, or pitcher, from which water is flowing. |