Jastrow: פִּיטּוּס

פִּיטּוּס, פִּיטָּס (freq. פִּיטּוּם, פִּיטָּם) c. (פטס to expand, cmp. פָּטַם 2) 1) a large cylindrical vessel, cask or tub of earthen material (corresp. to πίθος, a. to dolium; v. Sm. Ant.3 Engl. ed., s. v. Dolium). B. Mets. IV, 12 (60ᵃ) התגר … פיטם אחד (Bab. ed. פיטום; Y. ed. Ven. a. Mish. ed. Nap. פיטס; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 400) a merchant may buy wine from several presses and put it into one cask. Keth. 111ᵇ in the days to come מביא ענבה … כפ׳ גדול one will bring in one cluster of grapes on a wagon or in a boat and place it in a corner of his house, and take his supply of wine from it, as if it were a large jar; Sifré Deut. 317 כשותה מן הפיטום; Yalk. ib. 944 ומסתפק והולך מן הפטים (read כמן הפ׳); Yalk. Gen. 160 בפ׳ גדול (corr. acc.). R. Hash. III, 7 (27ᵇ) הפיטם (Bab. ed. הפיטס; Ms. M. הפיטם, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note). Tosef. Ohol. X, 3 פ׳ שהוא עומד וכ׳ a piṭṭus (pithos) standing in a room and reaching from the floor to the ceiling. Tosef. Kel. B. Kam. IV, 16 פיטים שקירו וכ׳ (corr. acc.) a large tub to which one made a cover to use it as a stove, and which he plastered over with clay. Y. Bets. III, 62ᵃ top צד הוא בפיטס he may catch an animal (on the Holy Day) by chasing it into a tub; Y. Sabb. III, 14ᵃ bot. בפיתם (read ס …). Tosef. T’bul Yom II, 3 פִּיתוֹס.—Pl. פִּיטְּסִין, פִּטְּ׳. Kel. III, 6 שטופלין בה הפ׳ (Ar. הפדיסין) wherewith they line the tubs. Bets. 15ᵇ הללו בעלי פ׳ those (the first to leave the lecture room) are owners of tubs of wine, contrad. to חבית &c. —2) a vessel made of brittle clay and requiring lining.—Pl. פִּיטְּסוֹת. B. Bath. VI, 2 (93ᵇ) קנקנים בשרון … פיטסות למאה (Ms. H. a. R. פּוֹטְסוֹת; Mish. ed. פִּיטַסְיָאוֹת, Y. ed. פִּיטְסָאוֹת) if a man buys jugs (קנקנים) in Sharon, he must accept ten thin jugs for every hundred; ib. 97ᵇ, expl. נאות ומגופרות, v. נָא II; Tosef. ib. VI, 3, sq. פוטסות ed. Zuck. (oth. ed. פוניסות, פינוסות, corr. acc.).