canthare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cantharus, canthari:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
large drinking vessel with handles; bowl/basin of fountain; Black Sea bream;; vessel of holy water; water pipe;
voc. sg.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...teneri tam sollicitique pudoris qui vel pedicat, Canthare, vel futuit. XLVI Jam nisi per somnum non arrigis..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...annua legavit milia sena tibi. IX (X) Cenes, Canthare, cum foris libenter, damas et maledicis et minaris. deponas..."
