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ANANCAEUM

ANANCAEUM a large drinking vessel (Plaut. Rud. 2.3. 33), mentioned by Varro in a corrupt passage ap. Non. p. 547, among articles of caelatura. Its etymology (ἀναγκαῖον) has suggested that the drinker was compelled to empty it at a draught. [AMYSTIS]

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