for carrying water, like a water-carrier
for carrying water, ἀγγεῖον Suid. s.v. κρωσσός. Adv. -κῶς like a water-carrier, κινεῖσθαι Alex.Aphr. in Top. 440.4.
The corpus record
ὑδροφορ-ικός
udrophorikos
for carrying water
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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