table-service
TABLE-SERVICE
mensae vasa -orum plur.; abacorum vasa plur. (on a sideboard): vasa escaria plur.: repositona (supports for plates; waiters). Table-service of silver argentum escarium: argentum escarium et potorium; or simply argentum when the context fixes the sense: of gold aurea mensae vasa plur.
mensae vasa -orum plur.; abacorum vasa plur. (on a sideboard): vasa escaria plur.: repositona (supports for plates; waiters). Table-service of silver argentum escarium: argentum escarium et potorium; or simply argentum when the context fixes the sense: of gold aurea mensae vasa plur.
table-service:
1. mĭnistĕrium: Lampr. Alex. Sev. 34, 1.
2. expr. usu. by vāsa, ōrum, pl.: t.s of silver and gold, convivalia ex auro et argento v., Curt. 8, 12, 16: t. of earthenware, v. fictilia, Sen. Ep. 95, 72: a service of gold for a single t., aurea mensae unius v., Liv. 41, 20: escarium aurum, Inscr.: a t. of silver, argentum mensale, Vopisc. Tac. 10, ad fin.: escarium argentum, Ulp. Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 12: or simply argentum, Cic. Verr. 4, 15, 33. Phr.: t.s for daily or special use, v., quae ad mensam quotidianam atque epulationem pertinent, Cic. Fragm. Oec. 1.
1. mĭnistĕrium: Lampr. Alex. Sev. 34, 1.
2. expr. usu. by vāsa, ōrum, pl.: t.s of silver and gold, convivalia ex auro et argento v., Curt. 8, 12, 16: t. of earthenware, v. fictilia, Sen. Ep. 95, 72: a service of gold for a single t., aurea mensae unius v., Liv. 41, 20: escarium aurum, Inscr.: a t. of silver, argentum mensale, Vopisc. Tac. 10, ad fin.: escarium argentum, Ulp. Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 12: or simply argentum, Cic. Verr. 4, 15, 33. Phr.: t.s for daily or special use, v., quae ad mensam quotidianam atque epulationem pertinent, Cic. Fragm. Oec. 1.