λουτροφόρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[bringing water]]: [[παῖς]], [[παρθένος]] λουτροφόρος at Athens the boy or girl who, as next of kin to the [[bridegroom]], [[fetch]]ed him [[water]] from the [[fountain]] [[Callirrhoe]] on his [[wedding]] [[day]], Harp. s.v., Paus.2.10.4, Poll.3.43: hence λουτροφόρος [[χλιδή]] = [[marriage]] [[ceremony]], E.Ph.348 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> as [[substantive]], [[λουτροφόρος]], ἡ, [[black]] [[urn]] placed on the [[tomb]] of an [[unmarried]] [[person]], D.44.18,30, Poll.8.66; cf. [[λίβυς]].