hamas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hama, hamae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bucket; water bucket; (esp. fireman's bucket);
acc. pl.
Examples
Liber IX
Aulus Gellius
"...terpomene kaproisi kai okeieis elaphoisin; tei de th'hama nymphai, kourai Dios aigiochoio, agronomoi paizousi; gegethe..."Liber XXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...comparant. [erat] Campanis omnibus statum sacrificium ad Hamas. Eo senatum Campanum venturum certiores Cumanos fecerunt petieruntque..."Liber X
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...alioqui nullus usquam in publico sipo, nulla hama, nullum denique instrumentum ad incendia compescenda. Et haec quidem..."