dolium.
large earthenware vessel (~60 gal. wine/grain); hogshead (Cas); tun/cask;
Meaning & usage
a large earthenware vessel, hogshead, cask
cauldron, large brass pot, barrel, vat
Where this word comes from
Disputed. * According to Pokorny, from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to cut”); the same root as dolō (“to hew, cut”) and doleō (“to suffer”). However, the root of dolō is usually associated with woodwork, not earthernware. De Vaan further suggests that this theory is unable to regularly explain the long ō-vowel. * According to John Pairman Brown, a Punic commercial loanword, comparing Hebrew דֳּלִי (dŏlī) which already appears in Isaiah 40:15 and is from Proto-Semitic, also Arabic دَلْو (dalw, “bucket”) etc. * De Vaan likewise suggests that the term may be a loanword since it refers to pottery. However, he does not provide a specific source for the borrowing.
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