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ὑδρ-ία

udria · ἡ

water-pot, pitcher

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Where it lives

  • Genesis 9 · 3/10k
  • Judices (cod. Al.) 4 · 2.73/10k
  • Ecclesiastes 1 · 2.21/10k
  • Regnorum III 4 · 2.09/10k
  • John 3 · 1.96/10k
  • Athenian Constitution 3 · 1.84/10k
  • Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
  • Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k

What it meant — LSJ

water-pot, pitcher, pitcher

water-pot, pitcher, Ar. V. 926, Ec. 678 (anap.), LXX Ec. 12.6, CIG 2855.10 (Branchidae), Ev.Jo. 2.6, etc.; ὑδρίης πέρι δῆρις (cf. ἀμφορίτης) A.R. 4.1767: prov., ἐπὶ θύραις τὴν ὑδρίαν to break the pitcher at the door, ‘thereʼs many a slip ʼtwixt cup and lip’, Arist. Rh. 1363a7.

II vessel, wine-pot, a pot of money, pans

vessel of any kind, e. g. wine-pot, Ar. Fr. 136; a pot of money, Id. Av. 602 (anap.) (ἐν ὑδρίαις γὰρ ἔκειντο οἱ θησαυροί Sch. ad loc.(603)), cf. IG ΙΙ(2).161 B 100 (Delos, iii B. C.); ὑ. χαλκῆ D. 47.52; ὑ. χρυσῆ, ἀργυρᾶ, IG 2(2).204.35; ὑδρίαι ἄρτων πέντε bread-pans, POxy. 155.4 (vi A. D.).

2 balloting urn

balloting urn, esp. in lawcourts, etc., IG 9(1).334.45 (Locr., v B. C.), Isoc. 17.33, Plu. TG 11.

3 cinerary urn

cinerary urn, Id. Phil. 21, Luc. Dem.Enc. 29, etc.

4 water-clock

water-clock, S.E. M. 5.75, Jul. Caes. 325c. [ῑ in A.R. l.c., where ὑδρείης is v.l.]

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