cadus

cădus, i ( gen. plur. cadūm, v. II. infra), m., = kados [Slav. kad, kadĭ; Serv. kada; Magyar, kád; Rouman. Kadŭ].

I.

Lit., a large vessel for containing liquids, esp. wine; a bottle, jar, jug; mostly of earthen-ware, but sometimes of stone, Plin. 36, 22, 43, § 158; or even of metal, Verg. A. 6, 228.

A.

A wine-jar, wine-flask:

cadi = vasa, quibus vina conduntur,

Non. p. 544, 11:

cadus erat vini: inde implevi hirneam,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 273; so id. As. 3, 3, 34; id. Aul. 3, 6, 35; id. Mil. 3, 2, 36; 3, 2, 37; id. Poen. 1, 2, 47; id. Stich. 3, 1, 24:

cadum capite sistere,

to upset, id. Mil. 3, 2, 36:

vertere,

id. Stich. 5, 4, 39; 5, 4, 1:

vina bonus quae deinde cadis onerarat Acestes,

Verg. A. 1, 195:

fragiles,

Ov. M. 12, 243.—Hence poet., wine:

Chius,

Tib. 2, 1, 28; Hor. C. 3, 19, 5:

nec Parce cadis tibi destinatis,

id. ib. 2, 7, 20; 3, 14, 18.—

B.

For other uses:

for containing honey,

Mart. 1, 56, 10;

oil,

id. 1, 44, 8;

hence, olearii,

oil-jars, Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 307;

for fruits,

id. ib.;

figs,

id. 15, 19, 21, § 82;

aloes,

id. 27, 4, 5, § 14; cf. id. 16, 8, 13, § 34.—As a money-pot, Mart. 6, 27, 6; also = urna, a funeral urn:

aënus,

Verg. A. 6, 228 Heyne.—

II.

Transf., a measure for liquids (in this sense, gen. plur. cadum, Lucil. and Varr. ap. Non. p. 544, 13 and 16; Plin. 14, 14, 17, § 96); syn. with amphora Attica (usu. = 1 1/2 amphorae, or 3 urnae, or 4 1/2 modii, or 12 congii, or 72 sextarii), Rhemn. Fann. Ponder. 84; Plin. 14, 15, 17, § 96 sq.; Isid. Orig. 16, 26, 13.