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dolium

dolium noun: a large earthenware vessel used for the storage and transportation of goods (especially wine an olive oil) in the ancient Western Mediterranean.

dolium: a large earthenware vessel used for the storage and transportation of goods (especially wine an...
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Noun

dolium (plural dolia)

  1. (historical) A large earthenware vessel used for the storage and transportation of goods (especially wine an olive oil) in the ancient Western Mediterranean.
    • From the time of John, the Tower seems to have been used as an arsenal, suits of armour, siege engines, and iron fetters being kept there; and in 1213 we find John drawing from the stores in the fortress thirty "dolia" or casks of wine, and also giving orders that "bacones nostros qui sunt apud...1908, P. H. Ditchfield, editor, Memorials of Old London, volume 1

Forms of dolium

pluraldolia

Origin of dolium

From Latin dōlium.

Questions about dolium

What does dolium mean?
Dolium means a large earthenware vessel used for the storage and transportation of goods (especially wine an olive oil) in the ancient Western Mediterranean.
What part of speech is dolium?
Dolium is a noun.
What is the plural of dolium?
The plural of dolium is dolia.

Words near dolium in the dictionary

  1. dolipore
  2. dolipores
  3. doliracetam
  4. doliroside
  5. dolis
  6. dolium
  7. Dolj
  8. Doljești
  9. Dolkart
  10. Dolkarts
  11. doll

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