acetabulum

ăcētābŭlum, i, n. [acetum], orig., 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, 74; 21, 34, 109, 185; 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, 85; ib. 30, 48, 91.—
• IV In botany, the cup of flowers, id. 18, 26, 65, § 245.

acētābulum (in Hdschrn. auch acītābulum), ī, n. (acetum), I) = ὀξύβαφον, ein Essiggefäß zum Eintauchen, Isid. 20, 4, 12; dah. im weitern Sinne, a) eine Schale, Schüssel, in die man die Speisen tauchte, Quint. 8, 6, 35. Ulp. dig. 34, 2, 19. § 9. Apic. 8, 382: als Stürze über ein Gericht, Petron. 56, 8. – b) der Becher des Taschenspielers, praestigiatorum acetabula et calculi, Sen. ep. 45, 8. – c) (wie ὀξύβαφον), ein musikal. Instrument, Cassiod. de music. p. 556, 6 (ed. Garet). – d) als Maß für feuchte u. trockene Dinge, der vierte Teil einer hemina und von Gewicht vier attische Drachmen, Cato, Cels. u.a. – II) übtr. (wegen der Ähnlichkeit), t.t. 1) der Anatomie, die Pfanne, Hüftpfanne, Plin. 28, 179. – 2) der Zoologie, die Saughöhle an jedem Arme der Polypen, das Saugnäpfchen, Treb. bei Plin. 9, 85 sqq. – 3) der Botanik: a) die Saugwarze an der Pflanzenwurzel, Plin. 26, 58. – b) der Knospensitz der Feige, Plin. 18, 245; 21, 92. – ➳ Nb. acetabulus, Apic. 9, 241 (acetabulum minorem).

acetabulum [CL] , cup (originally for vinegar, later esp. for oblations). b liquid measure. c hip socket. d sort of cymbal. ~um, æcedfæt Ælf. Gl.; offerebatur ‥ in ~is acetum. sed, quia raro occurrit de oblatione aceti, quidam dicunt acceptabula, ubi scilicet previdebatur a sacerdotibus, que debebant offerri, utrum accepta essent, id est idonea, an non. postea subdividit acceptabula in tria: in phialas, in quibus vinum; in thuribula, in quibus thus ‥ et sal; et cyathos, in quibus oleum Ad. Scot TT 678B; Bart. Angl. XIX 125 (v. acceptaculum); s1303 pixides, phialas, turribula, acceptabula, omnia ex auro puro, ‥ sacrilege asportarunt Flor. Hist. III 312; asitabulum, ‥ assitabulum, a sauser, salere WW; 1464 item ‥ ij duodene discorum, ij duodene ~orum Ac. Durh. 640; 1501 iiij ~a de argento Reg. Merton 251.  b accetabulus quarta pars est emine xij dragmas continens Bart. Angl. XIX 125.  c ambitus ~i, quod armum excepit, pedum trium est Caius Anim. 14.  d instrumenta ‥ percussionalia, ut ~a et cymbala Bacon Tert. 230.

ăcētābŭlum, (14) ī, n. (acetum), ¶ 1 vase à vinaigre, [puis, en gén.] bol, écuelle : Quint. 8, 6, 35 ; Petr. 56, 8 ¶ 2 gobelet de prestidigitateur : Sen. Ep. 45, 8 ¶ 3 [mesure] quart dʼune hémine : Cato Agr. 102 ; Plin. 21, 185 ¶ 4 instrument de musique : Cassiod. Var. 4, 51 ; Isid. Orig. 3, 22, 11 ¶ 5 concavité où sʼemboîtent les os : Plin. 28, 179 ¶ 6 suçoir [de polype] : Plin. 9, 85 ¶ 7 calice [des fleurs] : Plin. 21, 92.

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ACETABULUM

ACETA´BULUM,

Greek

(ὀξίς, ὀξύβαφον, ὀξυβάφιον, ἐμβάφιον). A small shallow vessel, used originally, as the name denotes, for holding vinegar or sauces, to dip the food into (Poll. 6.85; Athen. 11.494 b; Suidas, s. v. ὀξὶς and ὀξύβαφον). It was afterwards employed for a variety of other purposes, e. g. for holding salad (Athen. 2.64 a), wine (Athen. 11.494 c-f), or honey (Alex. Com. Frag. 3, 462), or for playing one form of the game of cottabos (Athen. 15.667 e; Poll. 10.86). [COTTABOS]

[J.H.O] 2. Roman

Originally a vessel for holding vinegar (acetum, Isidor. 20.4, 12); then any similar vessel (Quintil. Inst. Or. 8.6.35). It was sometimes made of silver (Dig. 34, 2, 19.9). The word is used of the socket of the hip-bone (Plin. Nat.28.179); the suckers in the arms of polypi (id. 9.86); and the cup of a flower (id. 18.245), from which we get the general idea of a small vessel of bell shape with a wide mouth. The first cut represents an acetabulum, given in Dennis's Etruria, vol. i. p. cxii. ; the second, from Cassini's Pitture antiche, Rome, 1783 (ap. Daremberg and Saglio, s. v.), shows two such vessels, probably containing condiments, placed on either side of a sucking pig that has been served up in a lanx. Similar vessels were used by conjurers in their tricks (Sen. Ep. 45, 7, with Lipsius's note); and the name was also applied to a kind of cymbal (Isid. 3.21, 11).

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ACETABULUM

ACETA´BULUMa Roman measure of capacity, fluid, and dry, equivalent to the Greek ὀξύβαφον. It was one-fourth of the hemina; and therefore one-eighth of the sextarius. It contained the weight in water of fifteen Attic drachmae. (Plin. Nat.21.185.)

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Acetabŭlum

(ὀξίς, ὀξύβαφον, ἐμβάφιον). A small shallow vessel originally employed to hold vinegar or sauces into which the food was dipped. It was afterwards employed as a receptacle for salad, wine, honey, and in playing one form of the cottabus (q. v.). The accompanying illustration from Daremberg and Saglio s. h. v. shows two acetabula placed one on each side of a sucking pig served up in a lanx. The name is also a Roman measure of capacity in liquid as well as dry measure=ὀξύβαφον, and holding one fourth of the hemina and one eighth of the sextarius.