Amphora

Meaning

Noun

●

A large

, especially a thin-necked

used in

Greece and Rome for

and

and oil.

●

A Roman

of

as the

of 80 Roman

of

and

to about 26 L although

over time.

●

A Roman

of

,

to tonnage.

●

In Botany:

A lower

of a

that

transversely.

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Origin

amphora

English

amphora

Latin

ἀμφορεύς

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

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