amphoreus

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An Ancient Greek unit of liquid measure reckoned as equivalent to about 9 gallons.
    — The amphoreus of the prize-lists is a measure of capacity: in that singular “conspiracy of silence” as regards the mention of painted vases to which Greek literature almost universally adhered, the painted Panathenaic amphora is not alluded to, even in the prize-lists.

词形变化

amphoreis plural

词源

From Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μφορεύς (ămphoreús).
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