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πίθος .πίθος (ῐ), ὁ, a wine-jar of the largest kind (cf. ἀμφορεύς), Hom., etc.; of earthenware, π. κεράμινος Hdt.; covered with a lid, Hes. proverbs, εἰς τὸν τετρημένον πίθον ἀντλεῖν, of the task of the Danaids, i. e. labour in vain, Xen.; also ἐκ πίθω ἀντλεῖς, i. e. you have plenty of wine, "you are in clover, " Theocr.

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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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26164

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n26194

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pi/qos

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