cymbia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cymbium, cymbi(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
small cup/bowl/drinking vessel; (especially for wine); lamp in same form (L+S);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber VIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Archetypis uetuli nihil est odiosius Eucti (ficta Saguntino cymbia malo luto), argenti furiosa sui cum stemmata narrat garrulus..."
Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...paterae uerguntur et atri sanguinis et rapto gratissima cymbia lactis. tunc septem numero turmas (centenus ubique surgit eques..."Aeneid III
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Iliades crinem de more solutae; inferimus tepido spumantia cymbia lacte sanguinis et sacri pateras, animamque sepulcro condimus..."