A.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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πλημοχόη , ἡ, (πλήμη, χέω)