单词 | askos |
释义 | askosn. Archaeology. A squat jar for wine or oil, resembling a wineskin in shape, with a wide spout for pouring and a curved handle which extends across the top of the jar, and attaches at the spout. ΚΠ 1851 W. S. W. Vaux Handbk. to Antiq. in Brit. Museum 440 No. 10 is an Askos in coarse brown ware and archaic workmanship. 1883 J. W. Mollett Illustr. Dict. Art & Archæol. 26/2 Askos, a vessel, originally shaped like a leather bottle (uter) for holding water or wine. 1935 Antiquity 9 117 The potters' repertoire included even such a purely Greek shape as an askos. 1975 Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1973–4 13 From the collection of Dr. Henry Guillemard, an Attic red-figure askos. 2002 National Geographic Mar. 110 (caption) A collection of tableware that included..a pair of one-handled cups and a pitcher called an askos. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1851 |
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