cantharus
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;
nom. sg.
Examples
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dulcius. sed interim, stratege noster, cur hic cessat cantharus? vide, quot cyathos bibimus. STICH. Tot quot digiti tibi..."Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...argenti commodum magnum inerat in crumina, praeterea sinus, cantharus, epichysis, gaulus, cyathus. GRIP. Papae, divitias tu quidem habuisti..."Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nimiae tum voluptati edepol fui ob casum. datur cantharus: bibi. 1280a commuto ilico pallium, illud posivi; inde..."Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...ornamentum abaci, nec non et parvulus infra cantharus et recubans sub eodem marmore Chiron, iamque vetus Graecos servabat..."Ecloga VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...tantum capiti delapsa iacebant, et grauis attrita pendebat cantharus ansa. Adgressi (nam saepe senex spe carminis ambo luserat..."