nassum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →nassa, nassae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
- Field:
- Agriculture
basket for catching fish; a trap, snare;
gen. pl.
Examples
- T
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quorum altero duce nocturno Syracusas introitum erat, alter Nassum quodque ibi praesidii erat prodiderat. his ambobus ciuitas data..." - T
Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tumultu actuariae naues, instructae iam ante circumuectaeque ad Nassum, armatos exponunt qui improuiso adorti semiplenas stationes et adapertas..."