gaulus

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

gaulus, i, m. [Sanscr. gōlas, a waterpot; cf. also galley, galleon], = γαυλός,

I a pail , round vessel , Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 32.—

II A round merchant vessel , = Gr. γαῦλος (Hdt. 3, 136 sq.): genus navigii paene rotundum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 96 Müll.; cf. Gell. 10, 25, 5.