hydrĭa, ae, f., = ὑδρία (a water-pot; hence, in gen.),
I a jug , ewer , urn : argenteae, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 19, § 47: in hydriam sortes conicere, id. ib. 2, 2, 51, § 127: farris, Sulp. Sever. Hist. Sacr. 1, 43. Of the cinerary urns in tombs, Inscr. Orell. 4546 sq.—
II Hydria , a comedy of Menander , Quint. 11, 3, 91.