Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Canistrum

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

CANIS'TRUM and CANIS'TER (κάνεον, κάνης). A large, flat, open basket, whence termed patulum (Ov. Met. viii. 675.), and latum (Id. Fast. ii. 650.), made of wicker-work (Pallad. xii. 17.), and without handles, so as to be adapted for carrying on the head, as shown by the figure in the opposite column; particularly employed as a bread-basket (Virg. Aen. viii. 180.), in reference to which use the example (Canistrum/1.1) here introduced, from a Pompeian painting, is carried by Ceres, and filled with ears of corn.

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  Canistrum/1.1