carchēsĭum, ii, n., = καρχήσιον.
I A Greek drinking - cup or beaker , slightly contracted in the middle , with slender handles which reached from the rim to the bottom (usu. in plur.), Verg. G. 4, 380; id. A. 5, 77; Ov. M. 7, 246; Val. Fl. 2, 656; Sil. 11, 301 al.; cf. Müll. Arch. § 299, a.—
II The similarly formed upper part of a mast , mast-head , scuttle; in plur., Lucil. and Cat. ap. Non. p. 546, 23; Luc. 5, 418; cf. Macr. S. 5, 21.—In sing.: insigne, Ap. Met. 11, 16, 24; id. Flor. 4, p. 364, 8.—
III The upright beam of a crane , Vitr. 10, 5; 15, 22 Schneid.