CISTOPHORUS


Meaning of CISTOPHORUS in English

siˈstäfərəs noun

( plural cistopho·ri -ˌrī)

Etymology: Latin, from Greek kistophoros, from kisto- (from kistē basket) + -phoros -phorous — more at chest

: any of certain silver coins of the 2d and 1st centuries B.C. chiefly of Pergamum bearing the picture of the sacred basket that was carried in the worship of Dionysus

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