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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>massa</b>: ae, f., = [[μάζα]],<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] [[which]] adheres [[together]] [[like]] dough, a [[lump]], [[mass]] ([[poet]]. and [[post]]-Aug.): [[massa]] picis, Verg. G. 1, 275: salis, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 78: [[lactis]] coacti, [[cheese]], Ov. M. 8, 666: [[lactis]] alligati, Mart. 8, 64, 9.—Of metals: versantque tenaci forcipe massam, Verg. A. 8, 453: aeris, Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97: chalybis, Ov. F. 4, 405: [[ardens]], Juv. 10, 130.—Of [[money]]: tum argenti montis, non massas habet: [[Aetna]] non [[aeque]] altast, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 73.— Absol., of a [[mass]] of [[gold]]: contactu [[gleba]] potenti [[Massa]] [[fit]], Ov. M. 11, 112: marmoris, a [[block]] of [[marble]]: [[marmor]], non in columnis crustisve, sed in [[massa]], Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49.—Of [[chaos]], Ov. M. 1, 70.—Of a [[heavy]] [[weight]], Juv. 6, 421.—Of an [[indeterminate]] [[quantity]] of [[land]], Inscr. Orell. 4360.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>[[massa]],¹² æ, f. ([[μάζα]]), masse, amas, tas : Virg. G. 1, 275 ; En. 8, 453 ; Plin. 31, 78 ; [bloc de marbre] Plin. 36, 49 &#124;&#124; [[lactis]] coacti Ov. M. 8, 666, fromage &#124;&#124; abs<sup>t</sup>] masse d’or : Ov. M. 11, 112 &#124;&#124; le [[chaos]] : Ov. M. 1, 70.||[[lactis]] coacti Ov. M. 8, 666, fromage||abs<sup>t</sup>] masse d’or : Ov. M. 11, 112||le [[chaos]] : Ov. M. 1, 70.
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{{Georges
|georg=māssa, ae, f. (μαζα v. μάω, [[μάσσω]], [[kneten]]), zusammengeknetete [[Masse]], [[Klumpen]], atrae [[picis]], Verg.: salis, Plin. u. Apic.: frumenti, Oros. – Insbes., a) v. geronnener [[Milch]] zu Käsen, [[massa]] [[lactis]] alligati od. coacti, der Käse, Mart. 8, 64, 9. Ov. [[met]]. 8, 666. – b) v. Feigen, [[Klumpen]] (vgl. Schuch Apic. 8, 401), [[massa]] ficorum, Vulg. 4. regg. 20, 7: [[massa]] caricarum, Vulg. 1. regg. 25, 18 u. 30: [[centum]] massae palatharum, Vulg. 2. regg. 16, 1. – c) v. Metallen, ferri, Colum. u. Vulg.: auri, Petron. u. (Ggstz. [[ramentum]] auri) Plin.: argenti massae, Plaut.: [[massa]] [[plumbea]], Vulg.: absol., v. [[Erz]], Verg. u. Sen., v. [[Gold]], Ov., v. [[Eisen]], Sen. –. d) v. [[Marmor]], [[ein]] [[Stück]] (Ggstz. crustae), Plin. 36, 49. – e) v. [[Chaos]], Ov. [[met]]. 1, 70. – f) v. Lande, [[ein]] Komplex [[von]] [[Ländereien]], [[ein]] [[Landgut]], eine Pflanzung, Amm. 14, 11, 27 ([[dazu]] Lindenbr.). Cassiod. var. 8, 23, 2 u. 4; 8, 33, 2. Corp. inscr. Lat. 14, 52. – g) v. Menschen, die [[Masse]], der [[Haufen]], universa, Oros. apol. p. 628, 4 u. 630, 1 Havercamp.
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{{nlel
|nleltext=[[πάγος]], [[περιοχή]], [[πολύς]], [[Πυλαία]], [[σθένος]], [[σῶμα]]
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=massa massae N F :: mass, bulk; heavy weight, load, burden; lump; kneaded dough
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