Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Ciborium

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

CIBO'RIUM (κιβώριον). Literally, the seed-pod of the Egyptian bean (colocasia); and thence a drinking vessel of Greek invention, so termed from its resemblance to the form of that fruit. Hor. Od. ii. 7. 22. Schol. Vet. ad l. Athen. xi. 54.