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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.
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.