anancaeum

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

ănancaeum, i, n., = ἀναγκαῖον (that must be done),

a large drinking-cup , which must be drained on a wager , a brimmer or bowl , Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 33; Varr. ap. Non. p. 547, 33 dub.