psykter

or psyc·ter

[ sik-ter ]

noun

, Greek and Roman Antiquity.

, plural psyk·ters.

1. a wine jar with an ovoid body tapering at the neck, set on a high foot: used for cooling wine.

Word History and Origins

Origin of psykter¹

1840–50; < Greek psȳktḗr, derivative of psȳ́chein to blow (cool); Psyche, psychro-

Example Sentences

Thus we have the pithos and amphora for storing wine, the krater for mixing it, the psykter for cooling it, the kyathos for ladling it out, and the oinochoe or prochoos for pouring it out; the hydria was used for fetching water from the well.

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