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
- 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..."
