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crātēra (acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 53, 10, and Non. p. 547, 25 sq., sometimes crē-terra ; cf. Naev. Trag. Rel. v. 45 Rib.), ae, f., and (mostly poet.) crātēr , ēris, m., = κρατήρ, Ion. κρητήρ,
I.a vessel in which wine was mingled with water, a mixing-vessel or bowl (mostly poet.).
I. Prop.
(α). Cratera, ae, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 59, § 131 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Fam. 7, 1, 2 Orell. N. cr.; id. Arat. 387; Liv. 5, 25, 10; 5, 28, 2; Curt. 4, 8, 16; Hor. C. 3, 18, 7; id. S. 2, 4, 80; Pers. 2, 52; Hyg. Astr. 2, 30; Inscr. Orell 1541 al.—Abl. plur. crateris, Enn. ap. Censor. p. 2727 P. (Ann. v. 604 Vahl.; al. crateribus).—
(β). Crater, ēris, Ov. M. 8, 669; 12, 236; id. F. 5, 522; Prop. 3 (4), 17, 37 al.— Acc. Gr. cratēra, Verg. A. 3, 525; Ov. M. 5, 82; 8, 679; Juv. 12, 44.—Plur. crateras, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 165; Verg. A. 1, 724; 9, 165.—
II. Meton.
A. A vessel for drawing water, a bucket, water-pail: cratera, Naev. ap. Non. p. 547, 30.—
B. An oil-vessel: “crater,Verg. A. 6, 225; Mart. 12, 32.—
C. A water-basin: “crater,Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 32.—
D. The aperture of a volcanic mountain, the crater: “crater,Lucr. 6, 701; Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 88.—
E. A volcanic opening of the earth: “crater,Plin. 2, 106, 110, § 238; Ov. M. 5, 424.—
F. A bay near Baiæ, Cic. Att. 2, 8, 2.—
G. A constellation, the Bowl.
(α). Cratera, Cic. Arat. 219 (also id. N. D. 2, 44, 114).—
(β). Crater, Ov. F. 2, 266.—Acc. craterem, Vitr. 9, 5, 1.
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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.1.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 2.8.2
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.4.131
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.82
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.669
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.724
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    • Horace, Satires, 2.4.80
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 9.5.1
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5.424
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.701
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 5.6.32
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 5, 25.10
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    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.44
    • Persius, Saturae, 2
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 12.32
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 4.8.16
    • Ovid, Fasti, 2
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