Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

στάμνος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: στάμνος

Etym.: sth=nai

Sense

  1. an earthen jar for racking off wine

Examples

  • οὐ στάμνοσ ἔστι· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 69 3:1)
  • δέκατοσ Κυρηναῖοσ, γραμματικόσ, ὁ ἐπικληθεὶσ Στάμνοσ, ἀνὴρ ἀξιόλογοσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, E, Kef. e'. DHMHTRIOS 10:3)
  • χρυσοῦν ἔχουσα θυμιατήριον καὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν τῆσ διαθήκησ περικεκαλυμμένην πάντοθεν χρυσίῳ, ἐν ᾗ στάμνοσ χρυσῆ ἔχουσα τὸ μάννα καὶ ἡ ῥάβδοσ Αἀρὼν ἡ βλαστήσασα καὶ αἱ πλάκεσ τῆσ διαθήκησ, ὑπεράνω δὲ αὐτῆσ Χερουβεὶν δόξησ κατασκιάζοντα τὸ ἱλαστήριον· (PROS EBRAIOUS, chapter 7 51:1)

Synonyms

  1. an earthen jar for racking off wine

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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