κάνθᾰρος, ὁ,
dung-beetle, Scarabaeus pilularius, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 490a15, +others, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 10.15, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 695, 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 10.6, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.114, 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 7, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Αἰτναῖος κ., a specially large kind, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 233, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ichn.” 300, compare 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 76: proverbial, κανθάρου σκιαί] Refs 5th c.BC+], of some paltry fear, [[ 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, 4th-5th c.AD: Diogenianus Paroemiographus 5.88; so ἀθυμῶν ὅτι αὐτοῦ καταθέουσι δύο κανθάρω 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Epistulae” 91.4. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__II a sort of drinking-cup with large handles, [[ 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 15, 5th-6th c.BC: Amipsias Comicus 2, 4th c.BC: Axionicus Comicus 7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III a kind of Naxian boat, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 143, Sosicrates Comicus 2, 4th c.BC: Nicostratus Comicus 10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV black sea-bream, Cantharus lineatus, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 598a10. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__V in Egypt, mark or knot on the tongue of the Apis-bull, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.28. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]