Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Amphora \Am"pho*ra\, n.; pl. {Amophor[ae]}. [L., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a
   jar with two handles; ? + ? bearer, ? to bear. Cf. {Ampul}.]
   Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the
   bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.