damas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dama, damae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Agriculture
fallow/red-deer; small member of deer family; gazelle/antelope; doe; slave name;
acc. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tibi. IX (X) Cenes, Canthare, cum foris libenter, damas et maledicis et minaris. deponas animos truces monemus: liber..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...libertatem sine tyranno nacti coepimus invitare convivarum sermones. Dama itaque primus cum pataracina poposcisset: "Dies, inquit, nihil..." - Q
Sermones II
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...exterior, si postulet, ire recuses.' 'utne tegam spurco Damae latus? haud ita Troiae me gessi, certans semper melioribus..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...omnis mortalis curare et quaerere cogit. 'tune, Syri Damae aut Dionysi filius, audes deicere de saxo civis..."