cantharos
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;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...haec facetiast, amare inter se rivalis duos, uno cantharo potare, unum scortum ducere. hoc memorabilest..."Menaechmi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...proelio potabimus; uter ibi melior bellator erit inventus cantharo, ~ tuest legio adiudicato, cum utro hanc noctem sies..."Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Venerium est. pueri, plaudite et mi ob iactum cantharo mulsum date. ART. Non queo durare..."