ancile
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ancile, ancilis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Classic
ancele; (12 waisted shields fell from heaven, copies in Salii shrine of Mars);
acc. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...Ipse Quirinali lituo parvaque sedebat subcinctus trabea laevaque ancile gerebat. In his versibus errasse Hyginus Vergilium scripsit, tamquam..."Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ipse Quirinali lituo parvaque sedebat succinctus trabea laevaque ancile gerebat Picus, equum domitor, quem capta cupidine coniunx aurea..."