ὑδρ-ία, ἡ,
(ὕδωρ) water-pot, pitcher, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 926, “Ec.” 678 (_anapaest meter_), LXX.Eccl.12.6, “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2855.10 (from Branchidae), NT.John.2.6, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]; ὑδρίης πέρι δῆρις (compare ἀμφορίτης) [[ 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 4.1767: proverbial, ἐπὶ θύραις τὴν ὑδρίαν] Refs 3rd c.BC+] to break the pitcher at the door, 'there's many a slip 'twixt cup and lip', [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1363a7. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II vessel of any kind, e. g. wine-pot, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 136 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; a pot of money, [[ [prev. author] “Av.” 602 (_anapaest meter_) (ἐν ὑδρίαις γὰρ ἔκειντο οἱ θησαυροί Scholia (at [prev. work]) (603)),compare “IG” 11(2).161 B 100 (Delos, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὑ. χαλκῆ [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.52 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὑ. χρυσῆ, ἀργυρᾶ, [[ “IG” 22.204.35] Refs]; ὑδρίαι ἄρτων πέντε bread-pans, [[ POxy. 155.4 (6th c.AD). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__II.2 balloting urn, especially in lawcourts, etc., [[ “IG” 9(1).334.45 (_Locrian dialect_, 5th c.BC), 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 17.33, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Tiberius Gracchus” 11. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 cinerary urn, [[ [prev. author] “Phil.” 21, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Dem.Enc.” 29, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.4 water-clock, [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 5.75, 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Caesares” 325c. [ῑ in 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus [same place], where ὑδρείης is variant] ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]