Greek and Roman Antiquity. a water jar, characterized by an elongated neck and flaring mouth, used to carry water for the marriage bath and set on the tomb of a person who had been unmarried.
Origin: 1895–1900; < Gk loutrophóros lit., bringing water for the bath, equiv. to loutró(n) bath (loú(ein) to wash (cf. L lavāre to lave1) + -tron instrumental suffix)+ -phoros-phorous
[loo-trof-uh-ros] 
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