a water jar, characterized by an elongated neck and flaring mouth, used to carry water for the marriage bath and set on the tomb of a person who had been unmarried
Word origin
[1895–1900; ‹ Gk loutrophóros lit., bringing water for the bath, equiv. to loutró(n) bath (loú(ein) to wash (cf. L lavāre to lave1) + -tron instrumental suffix) + -phoros-phorous]