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Webster 1913 Edition

Amphora

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Am′pho-ra

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Amophoræ
.
[L., fr. Gr.
ἀμφορεύς
,
ἀμφορεύς
, a jar with two handles;
ἀμφί
+
φορεύσ
bearer,
φέρειν
to bear. Cf.
Ampul
.]
Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.

Webster 1828 Edition

Amphora

AM'PHOR

, or AM'PHORA,
Noun.
[L. amphora; Gr.]
Among the Greeks and Romans, a liquid measure. The amphora of the Romans contained about forty-eight sextaries, equal to seven gallons and a pint, English wine measure. The Grecian or Attic amphor contained about a third more. This was also, among the Romans, a dry measure of about three bushels. Among the Venetians, it is a liquid measure of sixteen quarts.
This name was formerly used in England; but the capacity of the Sax. ambra is not certainly known.

Definition 2024

âmphora

âmphora

See also: amphora

Portuguese

Noun

âmphora f (plural âmphoras)

  1. Obsolete spelling of ânfora (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

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