G3582Greekxestῶn

ξεστῶν

by implication, (of friction) to boil or heat); a vessel (as fashioned or for cooking) (or perhaps by corruption from the latin <i>sextarius</i>, the sixth of a modius, i.e., about a pint), i.e., (specially), a measure for liquids or solids, (by analogy, a pitcher)

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Detailed Definition

  • 1a sextarius
  • 2a vessel for measuring liquids, holding about a pint (0.5 liter)
  • 3a wooden pitcher or ewer from which water or wine is poured, whether holding a sextarius or not

Etymology & Derivation

as if from ??? (properly, to smooth