- Original: ὑπολήνιον - Transliteration: Hupolenion - Phonetic: hoop-ol-ay'-nee-on - Definition: 1. a vessel placed under a press (and in the Orient usually sunk in the earth) to receive the expressed juice of the grapes, a pit - Origin: from a presumed compound of G5259 and G3025 - TDNT entry: 08:14,5 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Neuter - Strong's: Neuter of a presumed compound of G5259 and G3025 ; vessel or receptacle under the press that is lower winevat: - winefat.