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Etymology

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From Latin cantharus, from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos).

Noun

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cantharus (plural canthari or cantharuses)

  1. A large drinking cup with two handles.
  2. A fountain or basin in the courtyard of an ancient church for worshippers to wash before entering.

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Latin

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cantharus

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (kántharos).

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Noun

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cantharus m (genitive cantharī); second declension

  1. a large drinking vessel with handles hanging down, tankard
  2. a kind of sea-fish, possibly the black seabream (Spondyliosoma cantharus)
  3. a lug of a water-pipe in the form of a tankard
    • a. 224, Dig. 30, 1, 41, § 11 Ulpianus libro vicesimo primo ad Sabinum
      Sed automataria aut siquis canthari, per quos aquae saliunt, poterunt legari, maxime si impositicii sunt.
      But if water machines or water-noses through which water springs can be legated then the like if they are attached.

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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cantharus cantharī
Genitive cantharī cantharōrum
Dative cantharō cantharīs
Accusative cantharum cantharōs
Ablative cantharō cantharīs
Vocative canthare cantharī

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