ancillarum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ancillaris, ancillaris, ancillare:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of/having status of female slave; appropriate/characteristic to that position;
gen. pl. (all) - Entry →ancilla, ancillae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
slave girl; maid servant; handmaid; (opprobrious of man); nun (selfdescribed);
gen. pl.
Examples
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...valeo, Clitipho. DR. minime mirum: adeo inpeditae sunt: ancillarum gregem ducunt secum. CLIN. perii, unde illi sunt ancillae..."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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...illinc Tryphaenae familia nudas expedit manus, ac ne ancillarum quidem clamor aciem destituit, uno tantum gubernatore relicturum..."Liber XIV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...terrore inrumpentium exterritis. cubiculo modicum lumen inerat et ancillarum una, magis ac magis anxia Agrippina, quod nemo..."
