“cantharus”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

cantharus

释义

cantharus, kantharos|ˈkænθərəs|
Pl. canthari, kantharoi. Also cantharos.
[L. cantharus, Gr. κάνθαρος.]
1. Antiq. A large, two-handled drinking-cup.
1853Dict. Archit., Cantharus, the name of a peculiarly shaped drinking vessel particularly consecrated to the personifications of Bacchus.1875E. Meteyard Wedgwood Handbk. 393 Cantharos.1885Encycl. Brit. XIX. 180/1 Silver Cantharus from Rhodes, with gold mounts.1909Daily Chron. 18 Mar. 3/1 Twenty-six drinking cups, one kantharos.1957Childe Dawn Europ. Civilization (ed. 6) ii. 33 A two-handled tankard or cantharos with quatrefoil lip.
2. A fountain or laver placed in the courtyard of an ancient church for the use of worshippers.
1842Gwilt Archit. Gloss. 943. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 626/2 A court enclosed the whole; near the porch was a laver (cantharus) for the ablutions of intending worshippers.

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