noun · femininefirst declension
culigna
culigna f (genitive culignae)
Meaning
- feminineA drinking vessel
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Poculum · Calix · Scyphus · Simpuvium · Cyathus · Crater
1. Poculum and calix denote, as old Latin words, any sort of drinking vessel, merely with reference to its use; poculum, a usual cup for meals; calix, a rarer chalice, or goblet, for feasts; whereas scyphus, cantharus, cymbium, culigna, are foreign words, of Greek origin, denoting particular sorts of cups, with reference to their form. 2. Poculum, etc. all serve as drinking cups; whereas the old Roman word simpuvium, and the modern cyathus, are ladles to fill the pocula from the crater, as with the punch-ladle we fill the punch-glasses from the punch-bowl. (v. 318.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | culigna | culignae |
| genitive | culignae | culignārum |
| dative | culignae | culignīs |
| accusative | culignam | culignās |
| ablative | culignā | culignīs |
| vocative | culigna | culignae |
cŭligna, ae, f., = κυλίχνη,
I. a small drinking-vessel, a cup, Cato, R. R. 132, 1; Fragm. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 55, 2 Müll.
Origins
From Ancient Greek κυλίχνη (kulíkhnē).