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πίθοςουmlarge jarused for storage, usu. of winestorage-jar, jarHom. Hes. Lyr. Hdt. E.Cyc.as a symbol of plentiful resourcesTheoc. provb.ἐν τῷ πίθῳ τὴν κεραμείαν ἐπιχειρεῖν μανθάνεινtry to learn pottery on the big jari.e. try to run before one can walkPl.For provbl. πίθος τετρημένος leaking jar, seeτετραίνω 2.

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a wine-jar

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πίθος

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πίθος

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πιθος

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32702

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-32703

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πίθος

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