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The Satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius

Note 280 — JUVENAL'S SATIRES. (continued 2)

Lewis Evans translation

Œnophorum. A vessel of any size. The Urna is a determinate measure, holding 24 sextarii, or about 3 gallons, i. e., half the amphora. Cf. xii., 45, "Urnæ cratera capacem, et dignum sitiente Pholo, vel conjuge Fusci."

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