pithosn.

Brit.

/ˈpɪθɒs/,

/ˈpʌɪθɒs/, U.S.

/ˈpɪˌθɔs/,

/ˈpaɪˌθɔs/,

/ˈpɪˌθɑs/,

/ˈpaɪˌθɑs/

Inflections: Plural pithoi.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πίθος.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πίθος, probably a loanword (compare Mycenaean Greek qe-to).In plural pithoi after the Greek plural form. N.E.D.(1907) gives only the pronunciation (pi·þǫs) /ˈpɪθɒs/.

Chiefly Greek Archaeology.

A large earthenware storage jar, spherical in form and having a wide mouth; a jar resembling or suggestive of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > jar > [noun] > specific earthenware jar

tinaja1574

Martaban1598

butizia1622

ghara1828

pithos1865

pelike1873

martabani1903

Martevaan1963

1865 C. T. Newton Trav. & Discov. in Levant I. 134 The dead were here buried in large crocks or jars of coarse red pottery. These jars were called by the ancients pithoi. It was in such a pithos, and not, as is vulgarly supposed, in a tub, that Diogenes dwelt.

1879 J. J. Young Ceramic Art 27 The pithos occupied by Diogenes was cracked and patched.

1925 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization ii. 32 From M.M. I to L.M. I clay jars (pithoi) were also used as receptacles for the corpse.

1955 Sci. Amer. July 45/2 At one entrance to this building was a sunken ‘lustral area’, where visitors made formal ablutions on arrival; it was surrounded by tall ‘pithos’ jars for water.

1991 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Apr. p. cxx./2 (advt.) We know only two places in the world where you can buy pots and pithoi like these.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pithos
释义	pithosn. Brit. /ˈpɪθɒs/, /ˈpʌɪθɒs/, U.S. /ˈpɪˌθɔs/, /ˈpaɪˌθɔs/, /ˈpɪˌθɑs/, /ˈpaɪˌθɑs/ Inflections: Plural pithoi. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πίθος. Etymology: < ancient Greek πίθος, probably a loanword (compare Mycenaean Greek qe-to).In plural pithoi after the Greek plural form. N.E.D.(1907) gives only the pronunciation (pi·þǫs) /ˈpɪθɒs/. Chiefly Greek Archaeology. A large earthenware storage jar, spherical in form and having a wide mouth; a jar resembling or suggestive of this. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > jar > [noun] > specific earthenware jar tinaja1574 Martaban1598 butizia1622 ghara1828 pithos1865 pelike1873 martabani1903 Martevaan1963 1865 C. T. Newton Trav. & Discov. in Levant I. 134 The dead were here buried in large crocks or jars of coarse red pottery. These jars were called by the ancients pithoi. It was in such a pithos, and not, as is vulgarly supposed, in a tub, that Diogenes dwelt. 1879 J. J. Young Ceramic Art 27 The pithos occupied by Diogenes was cracked and patched. 1925 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization ii. 32 From M.M. I to L.M. I clay jars (pithoi) were also used as receptacles for the corpse. 1955 Sci. Amer. July 45/2 At one entrance to this building was a sunken ‘lustral area’, where visitors made formal ablutions on arrival; it was surrounded by tall ‘pithos’ jars for water. 1991 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) Apr. p. cxx./2 (advt.) We know only two places in the world where you can buy pots and pithoi like these. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1865
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