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πίθος

πίθος, a wine-jar

πίθος [ῐ], ὁ,
  • large wine-jar, Il. 24.527, Od. 2.340, 23.305, Hes. Op. 98, 368, IG 1(2).328.2, etc.: usu. of earthenware, π. κεράμινοι Hdt. 3.96, cf. Ar. Pax 703, Pl. La. 187b, Grg. 493a; π. ἀργύρεοι, sent by Croesus to Delphi, Hdt. 1.51; but π. ξύλινοι casks, Str. 5.1.12, cf. Hdn. 8.4.5.
      • 2 prov., εἰς τὸν τετρημένον π. ἀντλεῖν, of the task of the Danaids, i.e. of labour in vain, X. Oec. 7.40, cf. Philetaer. 18.5, Luc. Herm. 61, DMort. 21[11].4; applied to insatiable appetites, Pl. Grg. 493b; to largesses made by demagogues, Arist. Pol. 1320a32, cf. Oec. 1344b25; ἐκ πίθω ἀντλεῖς you have wine by the caskful, i.e. your purse is deep, Theoc. 10.13; ἐν πίθῳ ἡ κεραμεία γιγνομένη ‘trying to run before you can walk’, Pl. La. 187b, cf. Grg. 514e, Ar. Fr. 469; ζωὴ πίθου a Cynicʼs life, like that of Diogenes, Zen. 4.14; π. φρενῶν a cask full of wit, Men. Mon. 240 ( = IG 14.699), expld. with ref. to Diogenes by Eust. 1363.40.
    • II = πιθίας, Arist. Mu. 395b12, Ptol. Tetr. 90. (Cf. Lat. fidelia.)

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