Definition of Amphorae

1. Noun. (irregular plural of amphora) ¹

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Definition of Amphorae

1. amphora [n] - See also: amphora

Lexicographical Neighbors of Amphorae

amphodiplopia
amphoion
amphoions
ampholyte
ampholyte mixtures
ampholytes
ampholytic
amphomycin
amphopeptone
amphopeptones
amphophil granule
amphophile
amphophilic
amphophilous
amphora
amphorae (current term)
amphoral
amphoralike
amphoras
amphoric
amphoric rale
amphoric resonance
amphoric respiration
amphoric voice
amphoriloquy
amphorophony
amphostat B
amphoteric
amphoteric electrolyte
amphoteric element

Literary usage of Amphorae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1885)
"Gen. di Cesnola found elsewhere in Cyprus some thirty complete amphorae of the sort, ... It is well known that such amphorae, from Rhodes, Cnidus, ..."

2. History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman by Henry Beauchamp Walters, Samuel Birch (1905)
"By way of illustration, it may be advantageous to make a comparison between the two main varieties of black- figured Attic amphorae (see pp. ..."

3. Manners and customs of the ancient Egyptians: Including Their Private Life by John Gardner Wilkinson (1837)
"... and, from the position they are occasionally shown to have occupied *, we may conclude that many were placed in upper rooms, as the amphorae in a Roman ..."

4. Engraved Gems: Their History & an Elaborate View of Their Place in Art ,in by Maxwell Sommerville (1889)
"THE THREE amphorae. THE strangest feature of all was to be seen in a ... Behold them iu these three amphorae decocted from blessed herbs from ..."

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