amphora

See also: âmphora

English

An Etruscan amphora

Etymology

From Latin amphora, from Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús, “vase-shaped ornament with a narrow neck”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæm.fə.ɹə/

Noun

amphora (plural amphorae or amphoras)

1. A two-handled jar with a narrow neck that was used in ancient times to store or carry wine or oil.
2. One of various units for measuring liquid or volume during the Roman Empire, measuring between 18.5 and 39 litres depending on the variant.

Derived terms

• amphoric
• (unit): amphora quadrantal, Roman amphora, Greek amphora, French amphora,

Translations

type of jar

• Catalan: àmfora f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙耳細頸橢圓土罐／双耳细颈椭圆土罐, 双耳细颈椭圆土罐 (shuāng'ěrxìjǐng tuǒyuán tǔguàn), 雙耳瓶／双耳瓶, 双耳瓶 (shuāng'ěrpíng)

• Dutch: amfoor (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: amforo
• Finnish: amfora (fi)
• French: amphore (fr) f
• German: Amphore (de) f
• Greek: αμφορέας (el) m (amforéas)

  Ancient: ἀμφορεύς m (amphoreús)

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• Hungarian: amfóra
• Interlingue:
• Italian: anfora (it) f
• Latin: amphora f
• Portuguese: ânfora (pt) f
• Russian: а́мфора (ru) f (ámfora)
• Serbo-Croatian: amfora (sh) f
• Spanish: cántaro (es) m
• Swedish: amfora (sv)

See also

• bottle
• jug
• pelike
• stamnos

Anagrams

• amorpha

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμφορεύς (amphoreús, “vased shaped ornament with a narrow neck, literally two-handled pitcher”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈam.pʰo.ra/, [ˈämpʰɔrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈam.fo.ra/, [ˈämforä]

Noun

amphora f (genitive amphorae); first declension

1. A vessel, usually made of clay, with two handles or ears for liquids; amphora; flagon, pitcher, flask, bottle, jar.
2. A measure for liquids; quadrantal; the measure of a ship.

Declension

The genitive plural amphorārum has the alternative form amphorum which is especially used in the sense of a measure.

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	amphora	amphorae
Genitive	amphorae	amphorum amphorārum
Dative	amphorae	amphorīs
Accusative	amphoram	amphorās
Ablative	amphorā	amphorīs
Vocative	amphora	amphorae

Derived terms

• amphorālis
• amphorārius
• ampulla

Descendants

• Catalan: àmfora
• French: amphore
• Galician: ánfora
• Italian: anfora
• Portuguese: ânfora
• Spanish: ánfora
• → English: amphor
• → German: Amphore
• →? Proto-Germanic: *ambrijaz (see there for further descendants)

References

• “amphora”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “amphora”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• amphora in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• amphora in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “amphora”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• “amphora”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “amphora”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin