cantharus

[ kan-ther-uhs ]

noun

, plural can·tha·ri [kan, -th, uh, -rahy].

1. kantharos.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cantharus¹

< Latin < Greek kántharos

Example Sentences

In the courtyard of the convent, which belongs to Benedictine nuns, is a fine specimen of the Roman vase called Cantharus, perhaps coeval with St. Cecilia's own residence here.

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

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And Cantharus says— A. Shall we, then, take our ἀκρατισμὸς there?

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And Cantharus does so likewise, in the Tereus; where he says— Likening her bosom to Cydonian apples.

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Plato, or Cantharus, says, in the Alliance— A boil'd torpedo is delicious food.

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