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COTTABUS

Volume 7 · 48 words · 1860 Edition

in Grecian Antiquity, a kind of social game, of Sicilian origin. It consisted in a display of dexterity, by throwing a quantity of wine or other liquid into a brazen basin without spilling it. This favourite diversion was variously modified, as described by Athenaeus, Suidas, and Julius Pollux.