amphora
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nounPlural noun:
amphorasamphoraeamphorai
- 1.
(historical)(chiefly historical) A large, two-handled vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
- 2.
(historical)A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 80 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 26 L although differing slightly over time.
- 3.
(historical)A Roman unit of ship capacity, similar to tonnage.
- 4.
(botany) A lower valve of a fruit that opens transversely.
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From Latin amphora, from Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς, ultimately from 𐀀𐀠𐀡𐀩𐀸 (carried on both sides).