cucumam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cucuma, cucumae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
large cooking vessel/kettle; (humorously a small bath);
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Otacilius. Torquatus nitidas vario de marmore thermas Extruxit; cucumam fecit Otacilius. Disposuit daphnona suo Torquatus in agro; Castaneas..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...fuerat, fumoso parieti reddidit. Mox incincta quadrato pallio cucumam ingentem foco apposuit, simulque pannum de carnario detulit furca..."