Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Anancaeum

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

ANANCAE'UM. A vessel for holding liquids (Varro. apd. Non. s. v. Creterra, p. 547. Mercer), but of what precise character is very uncertain. It is usually interpreted a wine cup of great capacity, employed in drinking bouts, which it was compulsory to empty at a draught, upon the authority of Plautus (Rud. ii. 3. 33.); but the reading of the passage is doubtful. Weise has ἀναγκαίως.