The corpus record — Latin

cantherius

cantherius · m

A gelding

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Where it lives

Cistellaria 1 · 1.91/10k
De Architectura 10 · 1.73/10k
Aulularia 1 · 1.45/10k
Captivi 1 · 1.16/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 1 · 0.68/10k
De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
Metamorphoses 3 · 0.56/10k
Apologeticum 1 · 0.5/10k
de Natura Deorum 1 · 0.28/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 2 · 0.25/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

canthērĭus — Lewis & Short

canthērĭus or cantērĭus, ii, m.perh. kanqh/lios, a beast of burden.

I A gelding, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 15; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 21; id. Capt. 4, 2, 34; Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11; id. Fam. 9, 18, 4; Sen. Ep. 87, 9.—

B An ass, mule, Tert. Apol. 16; id. ad Nat. 1, 14.—Prov.: minime, sis, cantherium in fossam, put the hack in the ditch, when it is useless, Liv. 23, 47, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.—

II Meton.

A A man impotent through age, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 83.—

B In architecture, a spar under the roof, a rafter, Fr. chevron, Vitr. 4, 2.—

C In the lang. of vine-dressing, a pole furnished with cross-pieces for supporting the vine, a trellis, Col. 4, 12, 1; 4, 4, 14; 11, 3, 62.—

D Among veterinary surgeons, a kind of frame for suspending sick horses, Veg. 3, 47, 3.

In the wild

cantherii Vitruvius, De Architectura 4.7.5
cantheriorum Vitruvius, De Architectura 4.2.3
canterium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 17.21.p7
cantherio Plautus, Captivi 4.2
cantherium Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 9.18.4
cantherios Vitruvius, De Architectura 4.2.5

6 of 26 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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