cantharus
Latin
noun
Definitions
- a large drinking vessel with handles hanging down, tankard
- a kind of sea sea-fish, possibly the ()
- a lug of a water-pipe in the form of a tankard
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κάνθαρος (beetle, cantharus, type of beetle, dung beetle).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κάνθαρος
Gloss
beetle, cantharus, type of beetle, dung beetle
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cantharus English
- kantharos English
- cantharellus Latin
- cantaro Italian
- cantero Italian
- chanterelle French
- κάνθαρος Ancient Greek
- κανθαρίς Ancient Greek
- ἡλιοκάνθαρος Ancient Greek
- ἱπποκάνθαρος Ancient Greek
- cântaro Portuguese
- kantar Serbo-Croatian
- кантар Serbo-Croatian
- cántaro Galician
- kandërr Albanian