ancillas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ancilla, ancillae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
slave girl; maid servant; handmaid; (opprobrious of man); nun (selfdescribed);
acc. pl.
Examples
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...texier. abi ad thensaurum iam confestim clanculum, servos ancillas amove. atque audin? CALL. Quid est? MEG. Vxorem quoque..."Stichus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...SOROR VXOR PAMPHILIPPI ANTIPHO SENEX GELASIMVS PARASITVS CROCOTIVM ANCILLA PINACIVM PVER EPIGNOMVS PAMPHILIPPVS STICHVS SERVVS SANGARINVS SERVVS STEPHANIVM..."Rudens
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...LABR. Ius meum ereptum est mihi, meas mihi ancillas invito me eripis. TRACH. Cedo de senatu Cyrenensi quemvis..."Poenulus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...fingi; et una binae singulis quae datae nobis ancillae, eae nos lavando eluendo operam dederunt, aggerundaque aqua sunt..."Persa
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...PERSONAE TOXILVS SERVVS SAGARISTIO SERVVS SATVRIO PARASITVS SOPHOCLIDISCA ANCILLA LEMNISELENIS MERETRIX PAEGNIVM PVER VIRGO DORDALVS LENO ARGVMENTVM Profecto..."Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...SERVVS GRVMIO SERVVS PHILOLACHES ADVLESCENS PHILEMATIVM MERETRIX SCAPHA ANCILLA CALLIDAMATES ADVLESCENS DELPHIVM MERETRIX THEOPROPIDES SENEX MISARGYRIDES DANISTA SIMO..."Miles Gloriosus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...pulcram pulcritudinem; eius nunc mi anulum ad te ancilla porro ut deferrem dedit. Pyrg. Quid ea? ingenuan..."Truculentus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...PERSONAE DINIARCHVS ADVLESCENS ASTAPHIVM ANCILLA TRVCVLENTVS SERVVS PHRONESIVM MERETRIX STRATOPHANES MILES CYAMVS SERVVS STRABAX ADVLESCENS CALLICLES SENEX ANCILLAE..."