σκωραμίς

English (LSJ)

ίδος, ἡ, nightstool, night stool, night-stool, necessary stool, close stool, chamber pot Ar.Ec.371.

German (Pape)

[Seite 910] ίδος, ἡ, Nachtstuhl, Ar. Eccl. 371, κωμῳδική.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ίδος (ἡ) :
vase de nuit.
Étymologie: σκώρ, ἀμίς.
Syn. προχοΐς, λάσανον, ἐκδοχεῖον.

Dutch (Woordenboekgrieks.nl)

σκωραμίς -ίδος, ἡ [σκῶρ, ἀμίς] een pot om in te poepen: kamerpot, po.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

σκωρᾰμίς: ίδος (ῐδ) ἡ ночная посуда Arph.

Greek Monolingual

-ίδος, ἡ, Α
δοχείο για να αποπατεί κάποιος, καθοίκι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σκῶρ, σκατός + ἀμίς «ουροδοχείο»].

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

σκωρᾰμίς: -ίδος, ἡ, οὐροδοχεῖον τῆς νυκτός, «κατουροκάνατον», «καθῆκι», «ἀμὶς μὲν ἐν ᾧ οὐροῦσι, σκωραμὶς δὲ ἐν ᾧ ἀποπατοῦσι» Σχόλ. εἰς Ἀριστοφ. Ἐκκλ. 371.

Wikipedia EN

A chamber pot is a portable toilet, meant for nocturnal use in the bedroom. It was common in many cultures before the advent of indoor plumbing and flushing toilets.

"Chamber" is an older term for bedroom. The chamber pot is also known as a Jordan, a jerry, a guzunder, a po (possibly from French: pot de chambre), a potty pot, a potty, a thunder pot or a thunder mug. It was also known as a chamber utensil or bedroom ware.

Chamber pots were used in ancient Greece at least since the 6th century BC and were known under different names: ἀμίς (amis), οὐράνη (ouranē) and οὐρητρίς (ourētris, from οὖρον - ouron, "urine"), σκωραμίς / (skōramis), χερνίβιον (chernibion).

The introduction of indoor flush toilets started to displace chamber pots in the 19th century, but they remained common until the mid-20th century. The alternative to using the chamber pot was a long cold walk to the outhouse in the middle of the night.

Translations

an: pixallo; ar: قعادة; bar: botschamperl; bg: цукало; br: pod-kambr; ca: orinal; cs: nočník; cv: çĕрлехи куршак; da: natpotte; de: Nachttopf; eml: bucalèin; en: chamber pot; eo: noktovazo; es: orinal; eu: pixontzi; fa: شاش‌دان; fi: potta; fr: pot de chambre; gd: amar-mùin; he: סיר לילה; id: pispot; io: noktovazo; is: koppur; it: vaso da notte; ko: 요강; ksh: pißpott; la: matella; lb: pottschamb; nl: po; pl: nocnik; pt: penico; ro: oală de noapte; ru: ночной горшок; scn: rinali; simple: chamber pot; sr: нокшир; sv: potta; szl: nachtop; tl: arinola; uk: камерний горщик; zh: 尿壺