Meaning of culullus | Babel Free

Definitions

wine jug, ewer, pitcher, jar, bumper, chalice, goblet, beaker

declension-2, masculine

Examples

“reges dicuntur multis urgere culullis et torquere mero, quem perspexisse laborent,”

Kings are said to ply with many bumpers and test with unmixed wine whom to deem worthy of their friendship.

“premant Calena falce quibus dedit Fortuna vitem, dives ut aureis mercator exsiccet culullis”

Those to whom Fortuna has given it shall trim the vine with the Calenian pruning-knife so that the rich trader may drain from golden jugs the wine for which he barters Syrian wares

“Culillis. Poculis; proprie autem culilli calices dicuntur fictiles, quibus pontifices virgines Vestales utebantur. Hic autem pro urceolis et conchis posuit.”

Bumpers. Beakers; in proper usage bumpers are earthen chalices which the Vestal virgin priests use. Here it is posited for mugs or goblets.

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