cistŏphŏrus

I. The bearer of the sacred box, Inscr. Orell. 2318.—

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.