cantharis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cantharis, cantharidis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
blister-beetle (Cantharis vesicatoria); Spanish fly (medicine/poison); a worm;
nom. sg.voc. sg. - 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;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...suom quemque decet: quibus divitiae domi sunt, scaphiis cantharis batiocis bibunt, at nos nostro Samiolo poterio: tamen bibimus..."Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...circumfer mulsum, bibere da usque plenis cantharis. iam diu factum est, postquam bibimus; nimis diu sicci sumus..."
