Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Chrysendeta

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

CHRYSEN'DETA (χρυσένδετα). The name given to a particular manufacture of plate employed by the wealthy Romans for their table services, but the precise character of which is not ascertained; excepting that the name itself and the epithets applied to it, appear to indicate that the articles were made upon a basis of silver, with ornaments of gold either inlaid, or chased in relief upon it. Mart. Ep. ii. 43. Id. vi. 94. Id. xiv. 97. and compare Cic. Verr. iv. 21 — 23.