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loutrophoros

[ loo-trof-uh-ros ]

noun

plural loutrophoroi
  1. Greek and Roman Antiquity. a water jar, characterized by an elongated neck and flaring mouth, used to carry water for the marriage bath and set on the tomb of a person who had been unmarried.


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Origin of loutrophoros1

1895–1900; < Greek ±ôŽÇ³Ü³Ù°ùŽÇ±è³óó°ùŽÇ²õ literally, bringing water for the bath, equivalent to ±ôŽÇ³Ü³Ù°ùó ( n ) bath ( ±ôŽÇú ( ein ) to wash (compare Latin ±ô²¹±¹Äå°ù±ð to lave 1 ) + -tron instrumental suffix)+ -phoros -phorous

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