1. πίθος · pithos — Beekes
large, mostly earthen vessel for storing wine, which is open at the top
The corpus record
πίθος
pithos
large, mostly earthen vessel for storing wine, which is open at the top
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Distribution
- Works and Days 5 · 8.67/10k
- Peace 3 · 3.77/10k
- Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
- Gorgias 5 · 1.9/10k
- Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
- Laches 1 · 1.3/10k
- Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k
- Proverbia 1 · 0.9/10k
- Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
- Discourses 3 · 0.4/10k
- Odyssey 3 · 0.35/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 3 · 0.28/10k
Densest 12 of 17 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. πίθος · pithos — Chantraine
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3. πίθος · pithos — LSJ
large wine-jar
Attestations
- πίθοι · pithoi Iliad 24.527
- πίθοι · pithoi Odyssey 2.340
- πίθοιό · pithoio Odyssey 4.193
- πίθων · pithōn Odyssey 23.305
- πίθου · pithou Works and Days 94
- πίθου · pithou Works and Days 96–97
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.
- scan pp. 1240-1241; entry #4980 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 917; entry #6519 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 2296; entry #7826 Review: Under source audit
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