Definitions for cantharus

cantharus can·tha·rus

Spelling: [kan-ther-uh s]
IPA: /ˈkæn θər əs/

Cantharus is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 450 anagrams from letters in cantharus (aachnrstu).

Definitions for cantharus

noun

  1. kantharos.
  2. a deep bowl set upon a stem terminating in a foot and having two handles rising from the brim and curving downward to join the body.

Origin of cantharus

Latin Greek kántharos

Examples for cantharus

In the centre of the court stood a cistern or fountain (cantharus, phiale), for drinking and ablutions.

And for cantharus, first let the men of pitch take him, and plaster him without mercy; and be their pitch the vilest procurable.

In the Sixth City appear forms more nearly approaching those of later times, particularly prototypes of the cantharus and scyphus.

The cantharus, (the beetle,) which is bred in the surrounding country, dies as soon as it touches this tract.

The Black Bream (cantharus lineatus) is an omnivorous feeder, and will take both animal and vegetable baits.

One of the most precious of the treasures was the Bacchic cantharus, called the Cup of the Ptolomies.

What a plague is the family of cantharus; cursed be their pens!

The generic name for a cup was poculum, but the Romans borrowed many of the Greek names, such as cantharus and scyphus.

He calls it "the vase of waters (cantharus aquarum), before the main entrance (of the church) of the blessed Paul."

cantharus, kan′tha-rus, n. a large two-handled drinking-cup: a laver in the atrium before ancient churches;—pl.

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