cantharuskantharosn.

/ˈkanθərəs/

Forms: Plural canthari, kantharoi. Also cantharos.

Etymology: < Latin cantharus, Greek κάνθαρος.

1. Historical. A large, two-handled drinking-cup.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > with two or more handles

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cantharus1858

1858 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Cantharus, the name of a peculiarly shaped drinking vessel particularly consecrated to the personifications of Bacchus.

1875 E. Meteyard Wedgwood Handbk. 393 Cantharos.

1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 180/1 Silver Cantharus from Rhodes, with gold mounts.

1909 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 3/1 Twenty-six drinking cups, one kantharos.

1957 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 6) ii. 33 A two-handled tankard or cantharos with quatrefoil lip.

2. A fountain or laver placed in the courtyard of an ancient church for the use of worshippers.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > artefacts > furniture > other furniture > [noun] > fountain

cantharus1842

1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 943 Cantharus, a fountain or basin of water in the centre of the atrium before the ancient churches.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 626/2 A court enclosed the whole; near the porch was a laver (cantharus) for the ablutions of intending worshippers.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	cantharus
释义	cantharuskantharosn. /ˈkanθərəs/ Forms: Plural canthari, kantharoi. Also cantharos. Etymology: < Latin cantharus, Greek κάνθαρος. 1. Historical. A large, two-handled drinking-cup. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [noun] > with two or more handles parting cup1640 loving cup1703 tyg1838 skyphos1847 love-cup1849 cantharus1858 1858 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Cantharus, the name of a peculiarly shaped drinking vessel particularly consecrated to the personifications of Bacchus. 1875 E. Meteyard Wedgwood Handbk. 393 Cantharos. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 180/1 Silver Cantharus from Rhodes, with gold mounts. 1909 Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 3/1 Twenty-six drinking cups, one kantharos. 1957 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 6) ii. 33 A two-handled tankard or cantharos with quatrefoil lip. 2. A fountain or laver placed in the courtyard of an ancient church for the use of worshippers. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > furniture > other furniture > [noun] > fountain cantharus1842 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 943 Cantharus, a fountain or basin of water in the centre of the atrium before the ancient churches. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 626/2 A court enclosed the whole; near the porch was a laver (cantharus) for the ablutions of intending worshippers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1842
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