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
- A
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...Ipse Quirinali lituo parvaque sedebat subcinctus trabea laevaque ancile gerebat. In his versibus errasse Hyginus Vergilium scripsit, tamquam..." - P
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..."