epichysis

• a vessel for pouring out, Varr. L. L. 5, § 124 Müll.; Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 32 (1319).

EPI´CHYSIS(ἐπίχυσις) a wine-jug with a narrow neck and small lip and with a handle (Menand. fr. 490 M.); usually of metal, i. e. silver among the luxurious, bronze where simplicity was studied (cf. Aristoph. fr. 12; Phylarch. ap. Athen. 4.142 d, of Cleomenes king of Sparta). Among the Romans it took the place of the earlier guttus, a narrow-necked cruet without a handle (Varr. L. L. 5.124; Plaut. Rud. 5.2, 32); and glass became the favourite material. It was not unlike a modern claret-jug: the illustration to COTYLAthe figure of the Nereid under PERISCELISand the coin under URCEUSwill give a sufficient idea of its shape, which moreover could be considerably varied. See also Guhl and Koner, p. 190, fig. 200, Nos. 26-31. (Rich, s. v.; Guhl and Koner5, p. 193 f.)

(ἐπίχυσις). A wine-jug with a narrow neck and small lip and with a handle (Menand. Fr. 490 M.); usually of metal—i. e. silver among the luxurious, bronze where simplicity was studied. Among the Romans it took the place of the earlier guttus, a narrow-necked cruet without a handle (Varr. L. L. v. 124); and glass became the favourite material. It was not unlike a modern claret-jug.