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单词 hydria
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Definition of hydria in English:

hydria

nounPlural hydriai, Plural hydriae ˈhʌɪdrɪə
Archaeology
  • An ancient Greek pitcher with three handles.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Based on evidence from this narrow context of the wedding and its related symposia, a conclusion that the hydria played a role in more ordinary symposia is plausible.
    • Miniature vessels for carrying water (especially small hydriai) or vessels for grain predominate among the small ceramic objects.
    • Although the floor in the south part of the room was eroded, a fragmentary hydria and krater found among the artifacts lying against the bedrock outcrop may originally have been sitting directly on the floor.
    • The rareness of the composition of the main scene on the Reading hydria caught the attention of scholars, and it is indeed unusual.
    • Although the documents that accompanied the hydria identify it as ‘London 1519.69,’ it was not demonstrably ever part of a major museum collection there.

Origin

Via Latin from Greek hudria.

 
 
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