cantharus
Americannoun
PLURAL
canthariEtymology
Origin of cantharus
< Latin < Greek kántharos
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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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