cistophoris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cistophorus, cistophori:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Religion
ceremonial casket-bearer; an Asiatic coin w/Dionysus as a ~ (worth 4 drachma);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- T
Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...centum tria, tetrachmum Atticum centum uiginti septem milia, cistophori ducenta quinquaginta, Philippeorum aureorum nummorum sedecim milia trecentos uiginti..." - T
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pondo, signati tetrachmum Atticum centum decem tria milia, cistophori ducenta undequinquaginta, uasa argentea caelata multa magnique ponderis; tulit..."