[1]  See BONATI 2013 s.v. 1[1].

[2] Cf. BOISACQ, DELG 389 s.v.; CHANTRAINE, DELG I 478 s.v.; FRISK, GEW I 752 s.v.; BEEKES, EDG I 614 s.v.; ERNOUT-MEILLET, DELL 82 s.v.; WALDE-HOFMANN, LEW 128 s.v. See also ThGL IV 753C s.v.

[3] On the etymological history of the term, see especially ASPESI 1983, 51-7.

[4] For further details and bibliographical references, see BONATI 2013 s.v. 2[2].

[5] Cf. e.g. Orion κ 89, 23-6 Sturz s.v. κάδος· σκεῦός τι, παρὰ τὸ χαδῶ ῥῆμα περισπώμενον. ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ χαδῶ γίνεται ὁ μέλλων χαδήσω, καὶ διπλασιασμὸς ἐκάδησω (l. κεχαδήσω), ὄνομα ῥηματικὸν χάδος, καὶ τροπῇ τοῦ <χ> εἰς <κ>, κάδος and Et.M. 482, 54-6 Kallierges κάδος· σκεῦός τι, παρὰ τὸ χαδῶ χαδήσω, δηλοῖ τὸ χωρῶ, ῥηματικὸν ὄνομα χάδος, καὶ κάδος, τὸ χωρητικὸν ἀγγεῖον.

[6] On the forms of the word in Greek and Latin sources in general, such as graphic variants and compounds, see BONATI 2013 s.v. 2[1].

[7] Cf. MEYER-LÜBKE, REW 135 no. 1456 s.v. See also DEVOTO-GIACOMELLI 1972, 140.

[8] Cf. CHERIX, IGC 77 s.v. κάδιον and especially FÖRSTER, WGW 357-8 s.v.

[9] Cf. LOKOTSCH 1927, no. 988. See also ASPESI 1983, 54-5.

[10] Cf. DIMITRAKOS, ΜΛ VII 3498 and ΝΛ 717 s.vv.; STAMATAKOS, ΛΝΕΓ II 1490-1 s.vv.; BABINIOTIS, ΛΝΕΓ 798 s.vv. For the meaning of κάδος / κάδιν as pail for water in Byzantine sources see KOUKOULÈS 1948, 110. Even a neuter form κάδι (< κάδιον) is recorded by the dictionaries. 

[11] For references and further functions of the κάδος in Greek and Latin literary sources, see BONATI 2013 s.v. 1[1].

[12] The topic of the reuse of storage containers is discussed in detail by PEÑA 2007, 61-192.

[13]  Cf. e.g. P.Hamb. I 10,35 (II CE, Theadelphia) κ[ά]δ̣ον μέγαν̣ and P.Tebt. II 406,23 (ca. 226 CE) κάδος μικρός. But the κάδοι mentioned by Philippid. fr. 28, 4 K.A. (ap. Athen. Epit. 781f) are bigger than a man (κάδοι μείζους ἐμοῦ), with comic exaggeration.

[14] Further details on the features of the κάδος in Greek and Latin written sources in BONATI 2013 s.v. 4.

[15] For this aspect see BONATI 2013 s.v. 4 with references. For example WHITE 1975, 128 states that «it seems clear from the evidence that the term cadus, like its parent κάδος, was used with an extremely wide range of meanings, both general and specific».

[16] The juxtaposition of κάδοι / κάδια with terms denoting ointment vessels (μυροθήκη, λήκυθος and ὑδρίσκιον) in some papyri containing lists of paraphernal goods (cf. P.Oxy. VII 1026,20-1 [V CE]; P.Strasb. IV 237r,16-7 [142 CE, Ptolemais Euergetis]; SPP XX 46,17 [II-III CE, ?]; SPP IV pag. 115-6,10-2 [169-176 CE, Oxyrhynchus]) might suggest miniature jars for unguents and cosmetics also in these cases. See BONATI 2013 s.v. 1[2] and 4. For an overview of the main types of ointment vessels, cf. IŞIN 2002, 85-96.

[17] See the specimens from the Athenian Agora at the address

 http://www.agathe.gr/id/agora/image/2000.06.0205.

[18] Cf. BONATI 2013 s.v. 1[4]. Among the bibliographical references, see especially AMYX 1958, 187-9 and SPARKES-TALCOTT 1970, 201-3.

[19] An elegant example of the archaic period (ca. 520 BCE) with an engraved decoration and inscribed with a dedication to Athena Alalkomenia was found in Mantinea, see LEHMANN 1959, 153-61.

[20] Two examples of the fifth century BCE from the Athenian Agora are:

http://www.agathe.gr/id/agora/object/p%2012556 and http://www.agathe.gr/id/agora/object/p%2012550.

[21] Cf. BONATI 2013 s.v. 4. Among the bibliographical references, see especially AMYX 1958, 186-7 with n. 3, who says «by a natural extension of usage, the term may have been applied to any sort of amphora-like vessel»; SAGLIO, DA 778 s.v.; WHITE 1975, 128-9; THURMOND 2006, 157.

[22] On the ἀμφορεύς / amphora, see e.g. AMYX 1958, 174-86; WHITE 1975, 122-7; PEÑA 2007, 20 and 47-56.

[23] Cf. BONATI 2013 s.v. 4.