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|lshtext=<b>cūpa</b>: ae, f. cf. [[κύπτω]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[tub]], [[cask]], [[tun]], [[vat]], etc., for holding liquids, esp. [[wine]], Varr. ap. Non. p. 83, 24 sq.; Pall. 1, 18, 2; 1, 38, 1; Cic. Pis. 27, 67 ([[but]] acc. to Ernesti, a [[female]] vintner; cf. [[copa]]); Caes. B. C: 2, 11; Luc. 4, 420; also for [[grain]], Dig. 19, 2, 31; and for the [[ashes]] of the [[dead]], a [[niche]], Inscr. Orell. 2697; 4550.<br /><b>cūpa</b>: ae, f., = [[κώπη]] (v. Lidd. and Scott in h. v.),<br /><b>I</b> the [[handle]] of an [[oil]]-[[mill]], a [[crooked]] [[handle]], [[Cato]], R. R. 12, 21.
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