cybaeus

cybaeus, a, um, adj. [κύπη, κυβή, cupa],

• pertaining to a kind of merchantship: navis maxima, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 44.—Absol.: cybaea, ae, f., a transport or merchant-ship, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 8, § 17.

cybaeus, a, um (κύπη, κύβη, cupa), viell. einer Tonne ähnlich, bauchig, cybaea navis od. absol. cybaea, ae, f., eine Art »Transportschiff«, Cic. Verr. 5, 44; 4, 17.

cybaeus adj.

• κύβη, round-hulled, with swelling body: navis, a merchant-vessel: de cybaeā respondere (sc. navi).