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
Liber XXXIX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...centum tria, tetrachmum Atticum centum uiginti septem milia, cistophori ducenta quinquaginta, Philippeorum aureorum nummorum sedecim milia trecentos uiginti..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...pondo, signati tetrachmum Atticum centum decem tria milia, cistophori ducenta undequinquaginta, uasa argentea caelata multa magnique ponderis; tulit..."