biansato

English translation: two-handled vase, amphora

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Italian term or phrase:biansato
English translation:two-handled vase, amphora
Entered by: Valentini Mellas

23:18 Nov 14, 2004
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Archaeology / Ceramics
Italian term or phrase: biansato
Vaso biansato con infiorescenze vegetali (Title)
Tonia
two-handled vase
Explanation:
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4 +1two-handled vase
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4Amphora
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two-handled vase


Explanation:
http://www.campnet.it/aziendaturismo/pozzuoli/articoli2001/a...

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Note added at 13 mins (2004-11-14 23:31:17 GMT)
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http://www.maiolicarinascimentale.it/mostra/e02.htm

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 19:33
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Amphora


Explanation:
  The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.

 

amphora

 






SYLLABICATION:
am·pho·ra

PRONUNCIATION:
  mfr-

NOUN:
Inflected forms: pl. am·pho·rae (-f-r) or am·pho·ras
A two-handled jar with a narrow neck used by the ancient Greeks and Romans to carry wine or oil.

ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Latin, from Greek amphoreus, short for amphiphoreus : amphi-, amphi- + phoreus, bearer (from pherein, to bear; see bher-1 in Appendix I).

OTHER FORMS:
ampho·ral —ADJECTIVE


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