- κάνθαρος
- κάνθᾰρος, ὁ,A dung-beetle, Scarabaeus pilularius, Arist.HA490a15, al., Ael.NA10.15, Ar.Lys.695, Crates Theb.10.6, Theoc.5.114, Aesop.7, etc.; Αἰτναῖος κ., a specially large kind, A.Fr.233, S.Ichn. 300, cf. Epich.76: prov., κανθάρου σκιαί, of some paltry fear, Hsch., Diogenian.5.88; so
ἀθυμῶν ὅτι αὐτοῦ καταθέουσι δύο κανθάρω Lib.Ep. 91.4
.II a sort of drinking-cup with large handles, Phryn.Com. 15, Amips.2, Axionic.7.III a kind of Naxian boat, Ar.Pax143, Sosicr.2, Nicostr.Com.10.IV black sea-bream, Cantharus lineatus, Arist.HA598a10.V in Egypt, mark or knot on the tongue of the Apis-bull, Hdt.3.28.VI woman's ornament, prob. a gem in scarab-form, Antiph.61.
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