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|lshtext=<b>călăthus</b>: i, m., = [[κάλαθος]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]]., [[any]] [[other]] [[vessel]] of [[similar]] form, of [[metal]] or [[wood]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> For milke, etc., a [[milk]]-[[pail]], [[bowl]], Verg. G. 3, 402; Col. 10, 397; cf. id. 7, 8, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> For [[wine]], a [[wine]]-[[cup]], Verg. E. 5, 71; so Mart. 9, 60, 15; 9, 14, 107.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.