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Amphora - Wikipedia Amphora is a Greco-Roman word developed in ancient Greek during the Bronze Age The Romans acquired it during the Hellenization that occurred in the Roman Republic Cato is the first known literary person to use it
AMPHORA Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of AMPHORA is an ancient Greek jar or vase with a large oval body, narrow cylindrical neck, and two handles that rise almost to the level of the mouth; broadly : such a jar or vase used elsewhere in the ancient world
Amphora - World History Encyclopedia An amphora (Greek: amphoreus) is a jar with two vertical handles used in antiquity for the storage and transportation of foodstuffs such as wine and olive oil
AMPHORA Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Greek and Roman Antiquity a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc , and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games
amphora - Wiktionary, the free dictionary amphora (plural amphoras or amphorae or amphorai) (chiefly historical) A large vessel, especially a thin - necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil quotations
AMPHORA definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Definition of 'amphora' amphora in British English (ˈæmfərə ) noun Word forms: plural -phorae (-fəˌriː ) or -phoras an ancient Greek or Roman two-handled narrow-necked jar for oil, wine, etc
Amphorae - University of Oxford The amphora (pl amphorae; from Greek amphi - on both sides, phero - carry) is a two-handled pot with a neck that is considerably narrower than the body It was used for the storage of liquids and solids such as grain