catinos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →catinus, catini:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
large bowl/plate; main chamber in forepump; smelting crucible; hollow in rock;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
Satura XI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...perituro ostenderet hosti. ponebant igitur Tusco farrata catino: argenti quod erat solis fulgebat in armis. omnia tunc quibus..."Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...tepidam in ara favillam atratumque iuxta senem in catino vitreo tus tenentem et in calice fictili merum. Observatum..."Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...raro stomachus volgaria temnit. 'porrectum magno magnum spectare catino vellem' ait Harpyiis gula digna rapacibus. at vos praesentes..."