εὖ γοῦν θίγοις ἂν χερνίβων → well could you, of course, handle holy vessels
pĭthēcĭum: ĭi, n., = πιθήκιον>.I A little ape, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 42.—II A plant, called also antirrhinon, App. Herb. 86.