Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Cucuma

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

CUC'UMA. A vessel employed for boiling water, making decoctions, and similar purposes, the precise form and character of which there are no materials for determining. (Pet. Sat. 135. 4. Id. 136. 2.) The word, however, is still retained in the colloquial language of the modern Romans, in which "la cucuma" means a vessel for boiling water.