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
Liber XXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...quorum altero duce nocturno Syracusas introitum erat, alter Nassum quodque ibi praesidii erat prodiderat. his ambobus ciuitas data..."Liber XXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...tumultu actuariae naues, instructae iam ante circumuectaeque ad Nassum, armatos exponunt qui improuiso adorti semiplenas stationes et adapertas..."