Lexicographical Neighbors of Cyathi
Literary usage of Cyathi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"There are, however, some intricate questions connected with the Roman health-drinking
which need discussion, especially as regards the number of cyathi. ..."
2. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"cyathi. (Ututo Borbonico. ... fur one containing three cyathi, trim« for four
... for rive cyathi, and so on. ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1868)
"Horace says, in effect, ' Let the wine be mixed in the proportion of three cyathi
of wine to nine of water, or of nine of wine to three of water.' . ..."
4. A Manual of Roman Antiquities by William Ramsay (1876)
"... et Proculus : ie let ns drink five, and six, and eight cyathi, ie 19 cyathi,
19 being the number of letters in the name Caius Julius Proculus. ..."
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