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
- T
Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...dulcius. sed interim, stratege noster, cur hic cessat cantharus? vide, quot cyathos bibimus. STICH. Tot quot digiti tibi..." - T
Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...argenti commodum magnum inerat in crumina, praeterea sinus, cantharus, epichysis, gaulus, cyathus. GRIP. Papae, divitias tu quidem habuisti..." - T
Pseudolus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...nimiae tum voluptati edepol fui ob casum. datur cantharus: bibi. 1280a commuto ilico pallium, illud posivi; inde..." - D
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..." - P
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..."