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ancillarum

Dictionary entries

  • ancillaris, ancillaris, ancillare:

    Adjective · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Uncommon
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = of/having status of female slave; appropriate/characteristic to that position;

    Entry →
    gen. pl. (all)
  • ancilla, ancillae:

    Feminine · Noun · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = slave girl; maid servant; handmaid; (opprobrious of man); nun (selfdescribed);

    Entry →
    gen. pl.

Examples

  • P

    Heauton Timorumenos

    Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)

    "...valeo, Clitipho. DR. minime mirum: adeo inpeditae sunt: ancillarum gregem ducunt secum. CLIN. perii, unde illi sunt ancillae..."
  • D

    Satura XII

    Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE

    "...pulcherrima quaeque corpora, uel pueris et frontibus ancillarum inponet uittas et, si qua est nubilis illi Iphigenia domi..."
  • G

    SATIRICON LIBER

    Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)

    "...illinc Tryphaenae familia nudas expedit manus, ac ne ancillarum quidem clamor aciem destituit, uno tantum gubernatore relicturum..."
  • P

    Liber XIV

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES

    "...terrore inrumpentium exterritis. cubiculo modicum lumen inerat et ancillarum una, magis ac magis anxia Agrippina, quod nemo..."

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