carchesium

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρχήσιον (karkhḗsion, “carchesium, masthead”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [karˈkʰeː.si.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [karˈkɛː.s̬i.um] === Noun === carchēsium n (genitive carchēsiī or carchēsī); second declension carchesium, a kind of Greek cup or beaker particularly used for wine and ritual libations masthead, particularly as used for tackle, an early kind of crow's nest, and to act as a crane during loading and unloading ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== Italian: calcese, carchesio === Further reading === “carchesium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “carchesium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “carchesium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “carchesium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “carchesium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin