urceus

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

urcĕus, i, m. (neutr. collat. form ur-cĕum, Cato R. R. 13, 1) [Gr. ὔρχα, a jar; cf. orca],

a pitcher , water-pot , ewer , Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 3; Hor. A. P. 22; Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 18; Cn. Matius ap. Gell. 10, 24, 10; Plin. 19, 5, 24, § 71; Col. 12, 52, 8; Mart. 11, 56, 3; 12, 32, 16 al.

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