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† cistŏphŏrus or -ŏs, i, m., = κιστοφόρος.

  1. I. The bearer of the sacred box, Inscr. Orell. 2318.
  2. II. An Asiatic coin of the value of about four drachms, on which a cista was stamped, Cic. Att. 2, 6, 2; 2, 16, 4; 11, 1, 2; id. Dom. 20, 52.
    Gen. plur. cistophorūm, Liv. 37, 46, 3; 39, 7, 1; Paul. ex Fest. p. 78.