prochousn.

Brit.

/ˈprɒkuːs/, U.S.

/ˈproʊˌkus/,

/ˈprɑˌkus/

Forms: 1800s prochus, 1800s– prochoos Brit.

/ˈprəʊkəʊɒs/, U.S.

/ˈproʊkəˌwɑs/,

/ˈprɑkəˌwɑs/, 1800s– prochous.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πρόχοος.

Etymology: < ancient Greek πρόχοος, Attic (contracted form) πρόχους jug, vessel for pouring, especially jug for pouring water over the hands of guests (compare Mycenaean Greek po-ro-ko-wo ) < προ- pro- prefix² + -χοος , combining form < an ablaut variant (o -grade) of the stem of χεῖν to pour (see yet v.), after προχεῖν to pour forth.

Archaeology.

A jug with a narrow neck and a long spout, perhaps used for pouring water over the hands before meals.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > pouring vessel > [noun] > jug > specific types of jug

stone juga1616

prochous1800

owl jug1872

Fair Hebe jug1881

masked jug1910

mask jug1912

goat and bee1931

baluster jug1939

1800 J. Dallaway Anecd. Arts Eng. ii. vii. 362 This marble..exhibits three kinds of cups for consecrating wine, the cotyla, the crater, and the prochoos or ariballos.

1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 94 Another jug was the prochoos, with an oval body, tall neck and round mouth, but without a handle.

1892 A. S. Murray Handbk. Greek Archæol. iii. 73 The œnochoè..was ill suited..for filling by dipping it into a large crater. For this purpose the best was the prochous, corresponding to a modern jug.

1928 H. R. Hall Civilization Greece in Bronze Age ii. 42 The beaked jug or prochous appears with usually a round not flat base.

1984 Archaeol. Rep. for 1983–4 (Soc. for Promotion Hellenic Stud.) No. 30. 86/1 Under the handle was a graffito—‘Muniios eimi prokhos’, ‘I am the prochous of Muniis’.

2003 C. Morgan Early Greek States iv. 181 Late Geometric figured vessels (a lion hunting a deer on a prochous from Troumbe, fish on a skyphos, [etc.]).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prochous
释义	prochousn. Brit. /ˈprɒkuːs/, U.S. /ˈproʊˌkus/, /ˈprɑˌkus/ Forms: 1800s prochus, 1800s– prochoos Brit. /ˈprəʊkəʊɒs/, U.S. /ˈproʊkəˌwɑs/, /ˈprɑkəˌwɑs/, 1800s– prochous. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek πρόχοος. Etymology: < ancient Greek πρόχοος, Attic (contracted form) πρόχους jug, vessel for pouring, especially jug for pouring water over the hands of guests (compare Mycenaean Greek po-ro-ko-wo ) < προ- pro- prefix² + -χοος , combining form < an ablaut variant (o -grade) of the stem of χεῖν to pour (see yet v.), after προχεῖν to pour forth. Archaeology. A jug with a narrow neck and a long spout, perhaps used for pouring water over the hands before meals. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > pouring vessel > [noun] > jug > specific types of jug stone juga1616 prochous1800 owl jug1872 Fair Hebe jug1881 masked jug1910 mask jug1912 goat and bee1931 baluster jug1939 1800 J. Dallaway Anecd. Arts Eng. ii. vii. 362 This marble..exhibits three kinds of cups for consecrating wine, the cotyla, the crater, and the prochoos or ariballos. 1857 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 94 Another jug was the prochoos, with an oval body, tall neck and round mouth, but without a handle. 1892 A. S. Murray Handbk. Greek Archæol. iii. 73 The œnochoè..was ill suited..for filling by dipping it into a large crater. For this purpose the best was the prochous, corresponding to a modern jug. 1928 H. R. Hall Civilization Greece in Bronze Age ii. 42 The beaked jug or prochous appears with usually a round not flat base. 1984 Archaeol. Rep. for 1983–4 (Soc. for Promotion Hellenic Stud.) No. 30. 86/1 Under the handle was a graffito—‘Muniios eimi prokhos’, ‘I am the prochous of Muniis’. 2003 C. Morgan Early Greek States iv. 181 Late Geometric figured vessels (a lion hunting a deer on a prochous from Troumbe, fish on a skyphos, [etc.]). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1800
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