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stamnos

stamnos noun: an Ancient Greek pottery container used to store liquids. It is more squat than an amphora, and has handles.

Noun

stamnos (plural stamnoi)

  1. (historical) An Ancient Greek pottery container used to store liquids. It is more squat than an amphora, and has handles.

Forms of stamnos

pluralstamnoi

Origin of stamnos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στάμνος (stámnos).

Questions about stamnos

What does stamnos mean?
Stamnos means an Ancient Greek pottery container used to store liquids. It is more squat than an amphora, and has handles.
What part of speech is stamnos?
Stamnos is a noun.
What is the plural of stamnos?
The plural of stamnos is stamnoi.

Words near stamnos in the dictionary

  1. stamming
  2. stammtisch
  3. stammtisches
  4. stammtischs
  5. stamnoi
  6. stamnos
  7. Stamoulis
  8. Stamoulises
  9. Stamour
  10. Stamours
  11. stamp

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