Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cadus

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

CADUS (κάδος). A large earthen-ware jar, used chiefly for holding wine (Mart. iv. 66. 8. Virg. Aen. i. 195. Id. Cop. 11.); but also employed for other purposes — to contain oil, honey, dried fruits, salted fish, meats, &c. (Mart. i. 44. 9. Id. i. 56. 10. Plin. H. N. xv. 21. Id. xviii. 73.) It had a narrowish neck and mouth, which could be closed with a stopper or cork bung (Plin. H. N. xvi. 13.), and a body which was pointed at bottom, and possessing the general shape of a boy's whipping-top (turbines cadorum, Plin. H. N. xxvii. 5.); all which characteristic properties are observable in the illustration (Cadus/1.1), from an original discovered amongst various other sorts of vessels in an ancient wine cellar, of which the plan and elevation is introduced under CELLA 2.

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  Cadus/1.1