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canthērĭus or cantērĭus , ii, m. perh. κανθήλιος, a beast of burden.
I. A gelding, Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 15; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 21; id. Capt. 4, 2, 34; Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11; id. Fam. 9, 18, 4; Sen. Ep. 87, 9.—
B. An ass, mule, Tert. Apol. 16; id. ad Nat. 1, 14.—Prov.: minime, sis, cantherium in fossam, put the hack in the ditch, when it is useless, Liv. 23, 47, 6 Weissenb. ad loc.—
II. Meton.
A. A man impotent through age, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 83.—
B. In architecture, a spar under the roof, a rafter, Fr. chevron, Vitr. 4, 2.—
C. In the lang. of vine-dressing, a pole furnished with cross-pieces for supporting the vine, a trellis, Col. 4, 12, 1; 4, 4, 14; 11, 3, 62.—
D. Among veterinary surgeons, a kind of frame for suspending sick horses, Veg. 3, 47, 3.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 9.18.4
    • Plautus, Cistellaria, 4.2
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 4.2
    • Plautus, Aulularia, 3.5
    • Plautus, Captivi, 4.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 47
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 3.5
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 87.9
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 4.12.1
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