cymbium

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

cymbĭum, ii, n., = κυμβίον,

I a small drinking-vessel, a cup, bowl , Varr. ap. Non. p. 545, 28; Verg. A. 3, 66; 5, 267; Mart. 8, 6, 2; cf. Macr. S. 5, 21; Paul. ex Fest. p. 51, 10 Müll.—

II A lamp in the same form , Ap. Met. 11, 10, 14.

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