What does calathus mean in Latin?

calathus, a noun, means “wicker basket; milk pail (or any of several other containers of a similar shape/size)”.

What is the genitive of calathus?

The genitive singular is calathī. calathus is masculine, second declension.

masculinewicker basket
nēbat, ante torum calathī lānaque mollis erat.She was spinning, and [placed] before her bed were wicker baskets and soft wool.8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.741–742
masculinemilk pail (or any of several other containers of a similar shape/size)

vās quō flōrēs leguntur

calathus -ī (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 11

călăthus, i, m., = κάλαθος.

I. Lit., a wicker basket, a hand-basket (pure Lat. quasillum, made in the shape of a lily); acc. to diff. uses, a flower-basket, a wool-basket, a thread-basket or a fruit-basket, etc.; cf. Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 23; Vitr. 4, 1, 9; Verg. E. 2, 46; Ov. F. 4, 435: calathi Minervae, Verg. A. 7, 805; Ov. A. A. 2, 219; id. H. 9, 73; 9, 76; Juv. 2, 54; Ov. A. A. 2, 264; id. M. 12, 475.—

II. Meton., any other vessel of similar form, of metal or wood.

A. For milke, etc., a milk-pail, bowl, Verg. G. 3, 402; Col. 10, 397; cf. id. 7, 8, 3.—

C. Transf., the cup or calix of a flower, Col. 10, 99 Schneid.; so id. 10, 240; Aus. Idyll. 14, 31; cf. Plin. 21, 5, 11, § 23.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάλαθος (kálathos).

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