πίθος[ῐ],ὁ ,
A. large wine-jar, Il. 24.527 , Od. 2.340 , 23.305 , Hes. Op. 98 , 368 , IG 12.328.2 , etc. : usu. of earthenware, π. κεράμινοι
Hdt. 3.96
, cf. Ar. Pax 703 , Pl. La. 187b , Grg. 493a ;π. ἀργύρεοι, sent by Croesus to Delphi, Hdt. 1.51 ; butπ. ξύλινοι casks, Str. 5.1.12 , cf. Hdn. 8.4.5 .
2. prov.,εἰς τὸν τετρημένον π. ἀντλεῖν, of the task of the Danaids, i.e. of labour in vain, X. Oec. 7.40 , cf. Philetaer. 18.5 , Luc. Herm. 61 , DMort. 11.4 ; applied to insatiable appetites, Pl. Grg. 493b ; to largesses made by demagogues, Arist. Pol. 1320a32 , cf. Oec. 1344b25 ;ἐκ πίθω ἀντλεῖςyou have wine by thecaskful, i.e. your purse is deep, Theoc. 10.13 ;ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη'trying to run before you can walk', Pl. La. 187b , cf. Grg. 514e , Ar. Fr. 469 ;ζωὴ πίθουa Cynic's life,likethat of Diogenes, Zen. 4.14 ;π. φρενῶν a cask full ofwit, Men. Mon. 240 (=
IG 14.699 ), expld. with ref. to Diogenes by Eust. 1363.40 .
II.
= πιθίας , Arist. Mu. 395b12 , Ptol. Tetr. 90 . (Cf. Lat.fidelia.)