anancaeum
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
Latin > English
anancaeum anancaei N N :: large drinking vessel which had to be emptied in a single draught
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ănancaeum: i, n., = ἀναγκαῖον (that must be done),
I a large drinking-cup, which must be drained on a wager, a brimmer or bowl, Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 33; Varr. ap. Non. p. 547, 33 dub.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ănancæum, ī, n. (ἀναγκαῖον), grande coupe que l’on était obligé de vider d’un trait : Pl. Rud. 363.
Latin > German (Georges)
anancaeum, ī, n. (ἀναγκαιον, das Unumgängliche), ein großes Trinkgeschirr, das beim Wetttrinken auf einmal geleert werden mußte, der Humpen, Plaud. rud. 363 (Schöll griech.). Varr. de vit. P.R. 3. fr. 22 K. (bei Non. 547, 33).
