acetabulum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ăcētābŭlum, i, n. [acetum], orig., a vessel for vinegar, Isid. 20 Orig. 4, 12; but in gen.,

I Any cup-shaped vessel , Quint. 8, 6, 35; Vulg. Ex. 25, 29: acetabula argen tea, id. Num. 7, 84; as a liquid or dry measure, the fourth part of a hemina, Cato R. R. 102; Plin. 18, 7, 14, 74; 21, 34, 109, 185; and with jugglers, the cup or goblet with which they performed their feats, Sen. Ep. 45, 7.—

II In anatomy, the socket of the hip-bone , Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 179.—

III In zoölogy, the suckers or cavities in the arms of polypi , Plin. 9, 29, 46, 85; ib. 30, 48, 91.—

IV In botany, the cup of flowers , id. 18, 26, 65, § 245.

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