a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead
Word origin
[1875–80; ‹ Gk píthos]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: fan-tan, hat trick, massage, overdraft, weekend
Examples of 'pithos' in a sentence
pithos
Ceramic jars, known as pithos, and dating back 2,800 years, have been discovered.