Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Gutturnium

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

GUTTUR'NIUM (πρόχοος). A water-jug, or ewer; employed especially for pouring water over the hands before and after meals. (Festus, s. v.) Many of these have been discovered at Pompeii, with a lip in front, upright handle behind, round throat, and full body, similar to our jugs, but of a more tasteful outline and of richer workmanship. The word is formed from GUTTUS, but the termination, urnium, is an augmentative, indicating that it had a larger mouth, as shown in the example (Gutturnium/1.1), from a Pompeian original.

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  Gutturnium/1.1