Cilliba
κιλλίβας
Cilliba (κιλλίβας, cillibantium).
1. In Greece, a trestle or stand for anything, especially for a shield (Aristoph. Ach. 1122 et Schol. Hesych. sub voce).
2. In Rome, a dining table, at first square (Varro, L. L. 5.118), then round. (Festus, cillibae mensae rotundae.
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From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.