catinus

cătīnus, i, m. (cătīnum, i, n., Cato R. R. 84, 1; cf. Prisc. p. 556 P.; on the contr. Charis. p. 60 ib.) [kindr. with the Siculian κάτινον, Varr. L. L. 5, § 120, p. 35 Bip.; cf. O. Müll. Etrusk. 1, p. 13; cf. also Sanscr. katina, vas fictile],

• a deep vessel for serving up or cooking food, a bowl, dish, pot, Varr. R. R. 1, 63, 1; id. ap. Non. p. 546, 14; Maecen. ap. Charis. p. 61 P.; Hor. S. 1, 3, 92; 1, 6, 115; 2, 2, 39; 2, 4, 77 al.—Also for melting metals, a crucible, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 69; 33, 6, 35, § 107; for incense, a censer, Suet. Galb. 18.—
• II Of things of similar form.
• • A The air-vessel in a hydraulic instrument, Vitr. 10, 7, 1 sq.—
  • B Saxi, a (natural) hollow in a rock, Plin. 34, 12, 32, § 125.

1. catīnus, ī, m. (v. κάτυλος, Pfanne), I) ein irdenes, auf der Töpferscheibe gedrehtes Geschirr, der Napf, A) im allg., zum Schmelzen der Metalle, der »Tiegel, Schmelztiegel«, Plin.: aquae catini, Wassernäpfe, Varr. – B) insbes., eine Art patina, eine breite, aber flache Schüssel, bald einfach u. schmucklos, Samius curtusque, Lucil. fr.: angustus, Hor.: bald kostbar gearbeitet und dah. hoch im Preise (vgl. Heindorf Hor. sat. 2, 4, 77), Varr., Hor. u.a.: vitreus, Glasteller (zum Weihrauch), Suet.: cum alqo ex eodem catino cenare, eodem poculo bibere, Apul. – II) übtr.: A) der Windkessel an einem Druckwerke, Vitr. 10, 7, 1 sq. – B) c. saxorum, eine (natürliche) Höhlung, Plin. 24, 125.

2. cātīnus, s. cattīnus.

1 catinus [CL], ~um , dish, bowl. ~us, discus modicus GlC C 61; paropsis vel ~us, læpeldre fæt Ælf. Gl.; 9‥ ~us, scutel, ‥ in cateno, in disce WW; in quibusdam cenobiis viceni vel triceni ‥ simul in alveis, et in quibusdam singuli in singulis ~is pedes in claustro ante mandatum abluunt Lanfr. Const. 86; non ibi te crebris ferit ictibus anxia febris / excutit aut vinum manibus tollitve catinum R. Cant. Malch. II 402; ~os [gl.: gates i. treie], orcas, urceolos, ‥ cupas Balsh. Ut. 51; panemque absorbeat atrum, / ardua dum pleno superet structura catino Hanv. III 80 p. 278; marinarii ‥ quandoque implent nodos harundinum vel ~os de illa aqua (M. Scot Part.) Med. Sci. 297; quid mihi cum isto ~o caulium et fabarum? J. Godard Ep. 222; angelus absconse tulit ~um in quo comederat O. Cheriton Par. 115; cathinum est vas fictile cibis vel potibus deputatum et dicitur melius neutraliter quam masculine Bart. Angl. XIX 125; discus et catĭnus, lanx et scutella, perapsis Garl. Syn. 1589A; 14‥ hic cathinus, a gret doblere WW.

2 catinus v. cattinus

catinus , i. m.
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catīnus ī, m

• a deep vessel of earthenware, bowl, H.—A pot, H., Iu.

CATINUS

CATI´NUSor CATI´NUM, dim. CATILLUSor CATILLUM, a dish or platter on which viands were served up. Other names for similar table utensils will here be noticed; but it must be admitted that the differences of shape, materials, or use are not always clearly indicated. Even the distinction, so essential to our notions, between dishes and plates does not seem to have been observed (Hor. Sat. 1.3, 92); there is in fact no Greek or Latin word for a plate in the modern sense. Varro describes the catinus as deep enough to hold the gravy of meat or vegetables: Vasa in mensa escaria, ubi pultem aut jurulenti quid ponebant, a capiendo catinum nominarunt, nisi quod Siculi dicuntκάτινον, ubi assa ponebant (L. L. 5.120). They were mostly of earthenware, and were kept in various sizes: to have the catinus too small for its contents showed a want of style (Hor. Ep. 2.4, 77). The historic turbot of Domitian required a dish made on purpose (Juven. 4.131ff.); Vitellius had gone a step beyond this, and built a special furnace to bake a gigantic patina in (Plin. Nat.35.163). The patina, dim. patella (Hor. Ep. 1.5, 2), was also commonly of earthenware; it was bowl-shaped, and occurs frequently in Horace in the sense of a dish (Sat. 1.3, 80; 2.2, 95; 2.8, 43, 55, 72; Ep. 1.15, 34); but it was likewise used for cooking, and then had a cover (Plaut. Pseud. 3.2, 51; Dig. 30, 7, 18, §. 3). The actor Aesopus had a patina worth 100,000 sesterces; the material is not described (Plin. Nat.10.141). PAROPSIS(παροψὶς) was in Greek applied either to the dish or its contents, as is proved by Athenaeus (9. p. 367 b, &c.), with abundant quotations from the Comic poets: though Atticists tried to restrict the word to the latter sense (παροψὶς τὸ ὄψον, οὐχὶ δὲ τὸ ἀγγεῖον· τοῦτο δὲ τρύβλιον ἢ λεκάριον καλοῦσιν, Phryn. p. 176 Lobeck, p. 265 Rutherford). In Roman writers it is always the former: originally a square or oblong side-dish for delicacies (quadrangulum et quadrilaterum vas, Isid. Orig. 20.4, 10), it came to mean any dish (Juven. 3.142; St. Matt. 23.25, 26). There was also an apsis or absis, either round or semicircular, like modern salad-plates (Dig. 34, 2, 50.19.6, and 50.32.1; ABSIS); and gabatae, said to have been of a deep shape (Isid. Orig. l. 100.11 ; Mart. 7.48, 11.31-Z2). The LANXvaried in form, but seems to have been always of metal; huge silver lances were among the most costly objects of Roman extravagance (Plin. Nat.33.145). We also find a paropsis in silver (Dig. 34, 2, 50.19.9). The Greek πίναξ, a board and so a wooden trencher, might be of other materials, e. g. silver (Philippid. fr. 9, Meineke); but silver dishes were thought vulgar by the Greeks, at least in those times (Ath. 6. p. 430 a).

The catillus was a saucer for pickles or other condiments (Hor. Sat. 2.4, 75 ; cf. Mart. 11.27, 5, paropside rubra Allecem, where a paropsis of red pottery is small enough to serve the same purpose). (Mommsen-Marquardt, vii. [Pricatleben], 705.)

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Catīnus

or Catīnum, dim. Catillus or Catillum. A dish or platter on which viands were served up. Other names for similar table utensils will here be noticed; but it must be admitted that the differences of shape, materials, or use are not always clearly indicated. Even the distinction, so essential to our notions, between dishes and plates does not seem to have been observed (Hor. Sat. i. 3, 92); there is, in fact, no Greek or Latin word for “a plate” in the modern sense. Varro describes the catinus as deep enough to hold the gravy of meat or vegetables (L. L. v. 120). They were mostly of earthenware, and were kept in varions sizes; to have the catinus too small for its contents showed a want of style (Plin. Ep. ii. 4, 77). The historic turbot of Domitian required a dish made on purpose (Juv. iv. 131 foll.); Vitellius had gone a step beyond this, and built a special furnace in which to bake a gigantic patina (Plin. H. N. xxxv. 163). The patina (dim. patella) was also commonly of earthenware; it was bowl-shaped, and occurs frequently in Horace in the sense of a dish; but it was likewise used for cooking, and then had a cover (Plaut. Pseud. iii. 2, 51). The actor Aesopus had a patina worth 100,000 sesterces; the material is not described. paropsis (παροψίς) was in Greek applied either to the dish or its contents, as is proved by Athenaeus, with abundant quotations from the comic poets—though Atticists tried to restrict the word to the latter sense; in Roman writers it is always the former: originally a square or oblong side-dish for delicacies, it came to mean any dish. There was also an apsis or absis (q. v.), either round or semicircular, like modern salad-plates; and gabatae, said to have been of a deep shape. The lanx varied in form, but seems to have been always of metal; huge silver lances were among the most costly objects of Roman extravagance. We also find a paropsis in silver (Dig. xxxiv. 2, 1. 19. 9). The Greek πίναξ, a board and so a wooden trencher, might be of other materials—e. g. silver; but silver dishes were thought vulgar by the Greeks, at least in early times (Athen. vi. 430 a).

The catillus was a saucer for pickles or other condiments (Hor. Sat. ii. 4, 75).