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1 πίθος
A large wine-jar, Il.24.527, Od.2.340, 23.305, Hes.Op. 98, 368, IG12.328.2, etc.: usu. of earthenware,π. κεράμινοι Hdt.3.96
, cf. Ar. Pax 703, Pl.La. 187b, Grg. 493a; π. ἀργύρεοι, sent by Croesus to Delphi, Hdt.1.51; but π. ξύλινοι casks, Str.5.1.12, cf. Hdn.8.4.5.2 prov., εἰς τὸν τετρημένον π. ἀντλεῖν, of the task of the Danaids, i.e. of labour in vain, X.Oec.7.40, cf. Philetaer.18.5, Luc.Herm.61, DMort.11.4; applied to insatiable appetites, Pl.Grg. 493b; to largesses made by demagogues, Arist.Pol. 1320a32, cf. Oec. 1344b25; ἐκ πίθω ἀντλεῖς you have wine by the caskful, i.e. your purse is deep, Theoc. 10.13; ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη 'trying to run before you can walk', Pl.La. 187b, cf. Grg. 514e, Ar.Fr. 469; ζωὴ πίθου a Cynic's life, like that of Diogenes, Zen.4.14; π. φρενῶν a cask full of wit, Men.Mon. 240 ( = IG14.699), expld. with ref. to Diogenes by Eust. 1363.40.
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