Lewis & Short

† hydrĭa, ae, f., = ὑδρία (a water-pot; hence, in gen.),

  1. 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.
  2. II. Hydria, a comedy of Menander, Quint. 11, 3, 91.