carchesium

carchēsĭum, ii, n., = καρχήσιον.

• A Greek drinking-cup or beaker, slightly contracted in the middle, with slender handles which reached from the rim to the bottom (usu. in plur.), Verg. G. 4, 380; id. A. 5, 77; Ov. M. 7, 246; Val. Fl. 2, 656; Sil. 11, 301 al.; cf. Müll. Arch. § 299, a.—
• II The similarly formed upper part of a mast, mast-head, scuttle; in plur., Lucil. and Cat. ap. Non. p. 546, 23; Luc. 5, 418; cf. Macr. S. 5, 21.—In sing.: insigne, Ap. Met. 11, 16, 24; id. Flor. 4, p. 364, 8.—
• III The upright beam of a crane, Vitr. 10, 5; 15, 22 Schneid.

carchēsium, ī, n. (καρχήσιον), I) ein hohes, um die Mitte etw. eingedrücktes Trinkgeschirr, mit Henkeln, die vom Rande bis zum Boden reichten (vgl. Macr. sat. 5, 21, 3), Liv. Andr. tr. 30. Verg. georg. 4, 380; Aen. 5, 77. Ov. met. 7, 246. Val. Flacc. 2, 655. – II) übtr.: A) der so gestaltete oberste Teil des Mastes, wo die Segel befestigt sind, der Topp, Sing., Apul. met. 11, 16; flor. 23 in. Macr. sat. 5, 21, 5: Plur., Lucil. sat. 3, 27: alti c. mali, Cinna b. Isid. 19, 2, 10: summi c. mali, Lucan. 5, 418. – B) der Kranständer, Kran, Vitr. (vgl. Schneider zu 10, 10 [15], 5).

carchesium [CL < καρχήσιον], ~ia 1 drinking cup. carcesia, bunan GlC C 266; karchesia, melas Ælf. Gl.; 9‥ carcesia, ‥ genus poculorum vel buna WW; post epulas et post grati carchesia Bachi Frith. 719; est ~ium vas sacrificio aptum Neckam Ut. 115; cimbia vel calathos, †carthesia jungimus istis Garl. Syn. 315. 1583c; cruskyn or crusk, coope of erthe, ~ia PP. 2 mast-head. b pulley, windlass. carcesia, summitas mali GlC C 102; virga mali ~ium dicitur Neckam Ut. 115; top or cop of an hey thynge, ~ia PP; ~ia, ‥ hoc †cachesium, a seylзerde WW.  b 9‥ †carceria sunt in cacumine arboris trocliae, quasi flicteria, per quas funes trahuntur, mæstlon WW; poleyn, troclea, ~ia ‥ tryyst, wyndace, machina, †cachesia, troclea PP; 1450 pro factura ij ~iarum enearum ij s. ix d; ‥ pro iij ~iis ex meremio iiij d; ‥ pro limacione ij ~iarum onerariarum xx d. (Building Ac.) DocCOx 327.

carchēsĭum, (14) ĭī, n. (καρχήσιον), ¶ 1 hune dʼun vaisseau : Macr. Sat. 5, 21, 5 ; Luc. 5, 418 ¶ 2 coupe à anses : Macr. Sat. 5, 21, 4 ; Virg. G. 4, 380 ¶ 3 cabestan, machine à élever des fardeaux : Vitr. Arch. 10, 2, 10.

carchesium , ii. n.
船桅樓耳大之杯。起物之滑車。

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carchēsium ī, n

• , καρχήσιον, a Greek drinking - cup, oblong beaker with handles, only plur: Bacchi, V.: manu mixta, O.

CARCHESIUM

CARCHE´SIUM(καρχήσιον), according to Callixenus (in Athen. 474 f), was a kind of cup, rather long (ἐπίμηκες), narrower in the middle than at either extremity, and with handles (ἐ̄τα) stretching from the top to the bottom. Asclepiades (in Athen. 488 f) mentions carchesia among those vessels which have feet. It was a peculiarly Greek cup (Macrob. Sat. 5.21init.), and generally of a splendid nature. Legend tells how Jupiter gave one to Alcmena, and that very cup, we are informed (Ath. l. c.), used to be pointed out to travellers at Lacedaemon. At Babylon Diodorus (Diod. 2.7) says there were two carchesia weighing 30 talents; and it is mentioned among the splendours of a royal court in Alciphr. Ep. 2.3. We never hear of it as made of clay; but of metal or precious stone, e. g. gold (Athen. 198 c), and with embossed work (Val. Flacc.), silver (Athen. 605 b), brass (Ovid, Ov. Met. 7.246), sardonyx (vid. infr.). Dennis (Etruria, i. p. cxvii.), however, and Birch (Hist. of Ancient Pottery, p. 380) (cf. Krause, Angeiologie, Taf. iv. fig. 9 a), consider the vase made of early black ware of Chiusi, in the possession of Sig. Terrosi of Cetona, to be a carchesium ; and Dennis also regards as a carchesium the vase with a lid and relieved decorations which is given in the second illustration of a vase from Chiusi. The lists of donations to the temples in C. I. G. 139, 140, 141, 150, show how very usual it was to dedicate silver carchesia. The passage quoted from Ovid is evidence that it was used for other substances (e. g. milk), though generally it was used for wine (carchesia Bacchi, Verg. G. 4.380). They are mentioned by Athenaeus as being used in the cottabos (667 e). The derivation is uncertain. Athenaeus (Athen. 475 b) considers it to come from the same root asκαρχάλεος, and, if so, it means rough with embossed work (cf. Val. Flac. l. c.). Our last woodcut represents the splendid carchesium known as the cup of the Ptolemies, which formerly belonged to the Abbey of St. Denys, and now is in the Bibliothèque Nationale at Paris. It is of Oriental sardonyx, with Bacchanalian subjects engraved thereon.

From its likeness to this kind of goblet the name carchesium was applied to (1) the top above the yards, which with the θωράκιον or waist-cloth of the top formed an elevated place for look-out or for signalling (cf. Catull. in Nonius, 15.28, Lucida cum fulgent summi carchesia mali) or for discharging weapons from in warfare (Athen. 208 e). (2) This top sometimes revolved, and into it was fastened a horizontal beam, which was used as a crane for loading and unloading the ship (Vitr. 10.5). (3) A block of pulleys at the top, through which were run the ropes used for hoisting the sail (the Schol. on Pind. N. 5, 50; Non. 15.28; Serv. on Aen. 5.77; the Schol. on Lucan (Luc. 5.418). For full particulars, see NAVIS

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Carchesium

(καρχήσιον). (1) A kind of cup, rather long, narrower in the middle than at either extremity, and with handles (ὦτα) stretching from the top to the bottom. Asclepiades (in Ath.488 foll.) mentions carchesia among those vessels which have feet. It was a peculiarly Greek cup (Macrob. Sat. v. 21 init.), and generally of a splendid nature.

(2) The same term designated the tops of a ship— i. e. the structure surmounting the mast immediately above the yards (antennae). See navis.