PSYKTER Definition & Meaning

psykter

or ��⳦·�ٱ��

[ sik-ter ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Greek and Roman Antiquity.

plural psykters.

a wine jar with an ovoid body tapering at the neck, set on a high foot: used for cooling wine.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of psykter¹

1840–50; < Greek ��̄��ḗr, derivative of ��̄́��𾱲� to blow (cool); Psyche, psychro-

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Thus we have the pithos and amphora for storing wine, the krater for mixing it, the psykter for cooling it, the kyathos for ladling it out, and the oinochoe or prochoos for pouring it out; the hydria was used for fetching water from the well.

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