authepsa

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

authepsa, ae, f., = αὐθέψης [αὐτός ἕψω, a self-cooker],

a utensil for cooking (somewhat like our tea - urns): in quibus (vasis) est authepsa illa, quam tanto pretio nuper mercatus est, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 133: argenteae, Lampr. Elag. 19.

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