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am·pho·ra    Audio Help   [am-fer-uh] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -pho·rae    Audio Help   [-fuh-ree] Pronunciation Key, -pho·ras. Greek and Roman Antiquity.
a large two-handled storage jar having an oval body, usually tapering to a point at the base, with a pair of handles extending from immediately below the lip to the shoulder: used chiefly for oil, wine, etc., and, set on a foot, as a commemorative vase awarded the victors in contests such as the Panathenaic games.
Compare pelike, stamnos.

[Origin: 1300–50; ME < L < Gk amphoreús, equiv. to am(phi)- amphi- + phoreús bearer (i.e., handle), akin to phérein to bear]

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am·pho·ral, adjective
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