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phiala

phiala noun: a bowl-shaped drinking-vessel used in Ancient Rome.

Noun

phiala

  1. A bowl-shaped drinking-vessel used in Ancient Rome.
    • The youth on the next couch holds a phiala over his head, tilting it to show that he has quaffed its contents.1888, George Dennis, The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria, page 315

Questions about phiala

What does phiala mean?
Phiala means a bowl-shaped drinking-vessel used in Ancient Rome.
What part of speech is phiala?
Phiala is a noun.

Words near phiala in the dictionary

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