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cadus

cadus

a large vessel for containing liquids

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Where it lives

  • Copa, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 42.19/10k
  • Stichus 3 · 4.83/10k
  • Carmina 5 · 3.76/10k
  • Epigrammata 9 · 1.6/10k
  • Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k
  • Asinaria 1 · 1.24/10k
  • Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k
  • Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
  • Pseudolus 1 · 0.9/10k
  • Elegiae 1 · 0.81/10k
  • Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
  • Fasti 2 · 0.64/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. cădus — Lewis & Short

cădus, i (

I gen. plur. cadūm, v. II. infra), m., = ka/dos [Slav. kad, kadĭ; Serv. kada; Magyar, kád; Rouman. Kadŭ].
I Lit., a large vessel for containing liquids, esp. wine; a bottle, jar, jug; mostly of earthen-ware, but sometimes of stone, Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 158; or even of metal, Verg. A. 6, 228.
A A wine-jar, wine-flask: cadi = vasa, quibus vina conduntur, Non. p. 544, 11: cadus erat vini: inde implevi hirneam, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273; so id. As. 3, 3, 34; id. Aul. 3, 6, 35; id. Mil. 3, 2, 36; 3, 2, 37; id. Poen. 1, 2, 47; id. Stich. 3, 1, 24: cadum capite sistere, to upset, id. Mil. 3, 2, 36: vertere, id. Stich. 5, 4, 39; 5, 4, 1: vina bonus quae deinde cadis onerarat Acestes, Verg. A. 1, 195: fragiles, Ov. M. 12, 243.—Hence poet., wine: Chius, Tib. 2, 1, 28; Hor. C. 3, 19, 5: nec Parce cadis tibi destinatis, id. ib. 2, 7, 20; 3, 14, 18.—
B For other uses: for containing honey, Mart. 1, 56, 10; oil, id. 1, 44, 8; hence, olearii, oil-jars, Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 307; for fruits, id. ib.; figs, id. 15, 19, 21, § 82; aloes, id. 27, 4, 5, § 14; cf. id. 16, 8, 13, § 34.—As a money-pot, Mart. 6, 27, 6; also = urna, a funeral urn: aënus, Verg. A. 6, 228 Heyne.—
II Transf., a measure for liquids (in this sense, gen. plur. cadum, Lucil. and Varr. ap. Non. p. 544, 13 and 16; Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96); syn. with amphora Attica (usu. = 1 1/2 amphorae, or 3 urnae, or 4 1/2 modii, or 12 congii, or 72 sextarii), Rhemn. Fann. Ponder. 84; Plin. 14, 15, 17, § 96 sq.; Isid. Orig. 16, 26, 13.

2. cadus — Walde–Hofmann

cadus, -i m. „größeres kegelfórmiges (meist irdenes) Gefäß, Wein-, Olkrug“, auch „Hohlmaß* (seit Plaut, rom.): aus gr. xdboc m. „Gefäß zum Aufbewahren des Weines, Eimer*, dies aus hebr. kad ,Eimer* (z. B. Müller BB. 1, 276. 288, Lewy Fremdw. 102f.; vgl. auch lak. xdbbog „Getreidemaß*, kdbbuo ,Stimmurne*; aus gr. Kdboc, 1. cadus stammt arab. kadüs, Lokotsch n. 988). caecilia — caedö. 129 — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. cadus, p. 160]

In the wild

6 of 54 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. cadus (scan p. 106; entry #1459).
  • Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. cadus (scan pp. 160-161; entry #488).

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