acetabulum
τί δ' ἢν ῥαφανιδωθῇ πιθόμενός σοι τέφρᾳ τε τιλθῇ, ἕξει τινὰ γνώμην λέγειν τὸ μὴ εὐρύπρωκτος εἶναι; → What if he should have a radish shoved up his ass because he trusted you and then have hot ashes rip off his hair? What argument will he be able to offer to prevent himself from having a gaping-anus | but suppose he trusts in your advice and gets a radish rammed right up his arse, and his pubic hairs are burned with red-hot cinders. Will he have some reasoned argument to demonstrate he's not a loose-arsed bugger
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăcētābŭlum: i, n. acetum, orig.,
I a vessel for vinegar, Isid. 20 Orig. 4, 12; but in gen.,
I Any cup-shaped vessel, Quint. 8, 6, 35; Vulg. Ex. 25, 29: acetabula argen tea, id. Num. 7, 84; as a liquid or dry measure, the fourth part of a hemina, Cato R. R. 102; Plin. 18, 7, 14; 21, 34, 109; and with jugglers, the cup or goblet with which they performed their feats, Sen. Ep. 45, 7.—
II In anatomy, the socket of the hip-bone, Plin. 28, 11, 49, § 179.—
III In zoölogy, the suckers or cavities in the arms of polypi, Plin. 9, 29, 46; 30, 48.—
In botany, the cup of flowers, id. 18, 26, 65, § 245.
