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pi⋅thos

  [pith-os, pahy-thos]
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–noun, plural pi⋅thoi  [pith-oi, pahy-thoi] .
a very large earthenware jar having a wide mouth, used by the ancient Greeks for storing liquids, as wine, or for holding food, as grain, or for the burial of the dead.
Origin:
1875–80; < Gk píthos
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