Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cacabus

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

CA'CABUS or CAC'CABUS (κακκάβη, κακκαβίς, κάκκαβος). A pot for boiling meat, vegetables, &c. (Varro, L. L. v. 127.), which was placed immediately upon the fire, or on a trivet (tripus) standing over it. (Compare AHENUM.) The common sorts were made of earthenware; whence, when other kinds are recommended, the material is always specified by a characteristic epithet, as a tin pot (stagneus, Columell. xii. 42. 1.); a bronze pot (aeneus, Id. xii. 48. 1.); a silver pot (argenteus, Ulp. Dig. 34. 2. 20.) The example (Cacabus/1.1) represents a bronze original, from Pompeii; a specimen in use, and upon a trivet, is given under TRIPUS 1.

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  Cacabus/1.1