πρόχοος

prochoos

vessel for pouring out, jug

Appears 8 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 7
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Book 1 1
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1136
Book 4 1
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452
Book 7 1
Chapter ?

7172
Book 10 1
Chapter ?

10368
Book 15 1
Chapter ?

15135
Book 17 1
Chapter ?

1791
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

18397
Iliad 1
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Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24304

Dictionary (LSJ)

πρόχοος, Att. contr. πρόχους, ἡ: acc. sg. written πρόχον SIG 1121 (Naucratis, vii/vi B.C.): nom. pl. πρόχοι ib.1026.25 (Cos, iv/iii B.C.); dat. pl. πρόχουσι is f.l. in E. Ion 435; acc. pl. πρόχους X. Cyr. 5.2.7, Ael. NA 5.23: (προχέω):—A. vessel for pouring out, jug, esp. ewer for pouring water upon the hands of guests, Il. 24.304, Od. 1.136, 4.52, 15.135, Hes. Th. 785, S. Ant. 430, E. l.c., Anaxandr. 41.27 (anap.), Xenarch. 7.14, etc. 2. wine-jug from which the cupbearer pours into the cups, Od. 18.397. 3. Thessal. for λήκυθος, Clitarch. ap. Ath. 11.495c. II. a liquid measure, IG 14.422 ii 10, al. (Tauromenium).

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