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πλημοχόη

πλημοχόη, earthen vessel for water

πλημοχόη, ἡ, (πλήμη, χέω)
  • earthen vessel for water, E. Fr. 592 (anap., = Critias Fr. 17 D.), Pamphil. ap. Ath. 11.496a, Poll. 10.74; used on the last day of the Eleusinian mysteries, which were hence called αἱ πλημοχόαι, Ath. l.c., Hsch.

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