The corpus record — Latin

carchesium

carchesium · n

A Greek drinking - cup

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Where it lives

Cento Nuptialis 1 · 7.33/10k
Oedipus 1 · 1.69/10k
Achilleis 1 · 1.39/10k
Florida 1 · 1.27/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Argonautica 2 · 0.54/10k
Metamorphoses 4 · 0.52/10k
De Architectura 3 · 0.52/10k
Carmina 1 · 0.45/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Epigrammata 1 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

carchēsĭum — Lewis & Short

carchēsĭum, ii, n., = karxh/sion.

I A Greek drinking - cup or beaker, slightly contracted in the middle, with slender handles which reached from the rim to the bottom (usu. in plur.), Verg. G. 4, 380; id. A. 5, 77; Ov. M. 7, 246; Val. Fl. 2, 656; Sil. 11, 301 al.; cf. Müll. Arch. § 299, a.—

II The similarly formed upper part of a mast, mast-head, scuttle; in plur., Lucil. and Cat. ap. Non. p. 546, 23; Luc. 5, 418; cf. Macr. S. 5, 21.—In sing.: insigne, App. M. 11, p. 264, 40; id. Flor. 4, p. 364, 8.—

III The upright beam of a crane, Vitr. 10, 5; 15, 22 Schneid.

In the wild

carchesia Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.326
carchesia Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 1.193
carchesio Apuleius, Metamorphoses 11.16
carchesia Vergil, Georgicon 4.380
carchesia Vergil, Aeneid 5.77
carchesia Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 2.655

6 of 21 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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