ὑδρία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[ὕδωρ]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[water-pot]], [[pitcher]], Ar.V.926, Ec.678 (anap.), LXX Ec.12.6, CIG2855.10 (Branchidae), Ev.Jo.2.6, etc.; ὑδρίης πέρι δῆρις (cf. [[ἀμφορίτης]]) A.R.4.1767: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἐπὶ θύραις τὴν ὑδρίαν]] to [[break]] the [[pitcher]] at the [[door]], '[[there's many a slip twixt cup and lip]]', Arist.Rh.1363a7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[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. IG11(2).161 B100 (Delos, iii B. C.); ὑ. χαλκῆ D.47.52; ὑδρία χρυσῆ, ὑδρία ἀργυρᾶ, IG22.204.35; ὑδρίαι ἄρτων πέντε [[bread]]-[[pan]]s, POxy.155.4 (vi A. D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[balloting urn]], especially in [[lawcourt]]s, etc., IG9(1).334.45 (Locr., v B. C.), Isoc.17.33, Plu.TG11.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[cinerary urn]], Id.Phil.21, Luc.Dem.Enc.29, etc.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[water clock]], S.E.M.5.75, Jul.Caes.325c. [ῑ in A.R. l.c., where [[ὑδρείης]] is v.l.]

|mdlsjtxt=[[ὑδρία]], ἡ, [[ὕδωρ]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[water]]-pot, [[pitcher]], urn, Ar.:— [[proverb]]., ἐπὶ θύραις τὴν ὑδρίαν to [[break]] the [[pitcher]] at the [[door]], = "[[there]]'s [[many]] a [[slip]] 'twixt [[cup]] and [[lip]], " Arist.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> a [[vessel]] of any [[kind]], a [[pot]] of [[money]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> the balloting [[urn]] in the [[court of law|courts of law]], Isocr., Dem.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> a cinerary urn, Ar., Luc.