A variant singular form of the ancient Greek oil flask or vessel; an alternative spelling of aryballos.
Latin variant of Greek 'aryballe,' showing how different classical languages adopted and adapted Greek pottery terminology.
The existence of multiple spellings ('aryballos' vs 'aryballus') shows how ancient Greek terms entered European languages through different pathways—sometimes through Greek scholars, sometimes through Roman intermediaries.
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