Lewis & Short

† carchēsĭum, ii, n., = καρχήσιον.

  1. I. A Greek drinking-cup or beaker, slightly contracted in the middle, with slender handles which reached from the rim to the bottom (usu. in plur.), Verg. G. 4, 380; id. A. 5, 77; Ov. M. 7, 246; Val. Fl. 2, 656; Sil. 11, 301 al.; cf. Müll. Arch. § 299, a.
  2. II. The similarly formed upper part of a mast, mast-head, scuttle; in plur., Lucil. and Cat. ap. Non. p. 546, 23; Luc. 5, 418; cf. Macr. S. 5, 21.
    In sing.: insigne, App. M. 11, p. 264, 40; id. Flor. 4, p. 364, 8.
  3. III. The upright beam of a crane, Vitr. 10, 5; 15, 22 Schneid.