πλημοχόη
From LSJ
αἰὲν ἀριστεύειν καὶ ὑπείροχον ἔμμεναι ἄλλων → always strive for excellence and prevail over others (Iliad 6.208, 11.784)
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (πλήμη, χέω)
A earthen vessel for water, E.Fr.592 (anap., = Critias Fr.17 D.), Pamphil. ap. Ath.11.496a, Poll.10.74; used on the last day of the Eleusinian mysteries, which were hence called αἱ πλημοχόαι, Ath.l.c., Hsch.
German (Pape)
[Seite 634] ein irdenes Wassergefäß, Poll. 10, 74; sonst κοτυλίσκος; nach Ath. XI, 496 a σκεῦος κεραμεοῦν βεμβικῶδες ἑδραῖον ἡσυχῆ; dessen man sich am letzten Tage der Eleusinischen Mysterien bediente; dieser hieß dovon πλημοχόαι, αἱ, Ath. a. a. O., vgl. Valck. Diatr. 197.
