Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Pelvis

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（ποδανιπτήρ). A vessel for washing the feet (Varro, L. L. v. 19). It was of pottery, bronze,

Pelvis. (Pompeian painting.)

or even silver. Other names applied to it are pelluvia and pelluvium. The pollubrum was used for either hands or feet. See Malluvium.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)