Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Casteria

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

CASTER'IA. A place in which the oars, rudders, and moveable gear of a vessel were laid up, when the ship was not in commission; or, as others think, a particular compartment in the vessel itself, to which the rowers retired to rest themselves when relieved from duty. Non. s. v. p. 85. Plaut. Asin. iii. i. 16. Scheffer, Mil. Nav. ii. 5.