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