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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=nassa nassae N F :: [[basket for catching fish]]; [[a trap]], [[snare]]
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>nassa</b>: or [[naxa]], ae, f. no,<br /><b>I</b> a wickerbasket [[with]] a [[narrow]] [[neck]], for [[catching]] [[fish]], a weel.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[nassa]] est piscatorii vasi [[genus]], quo, cum intravit [[piscis]], exire non potest, Paul. ex Fest. p. 169 Müll.; Sil. 5, 47; Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 132: junci [[usus]] ad nassas marinas, id. 21, 18, 59, § 114: [[scarus]] [[inclusus]] nassis, id. 32, 2, 5, § 11: instrumento piscatoris legato, et [[retia]] et nassae ... debentur. Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 66.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., of a [[dangerous]] [[place]], a [[snare]], [[net]]: [[numquam]] ex istā nassā escam petam, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 98: ex hac naxā exire constitui, non ad fugam, sed ad spem mortis melioris, Cic. Att. 15, 20, 2: [[inclusus]] carcere nassae ([[aeger]]), Juv. 12, 123.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>nassa</b>¹⁶ ou [[naxa]], æ, f., nasse de pêcheur : Plin. 9, 91 ; Sil. 5, 48 &#124;&#124; [fig.] mauvais pas : Pl. Mil. 581 ; Cic. Att. 15, 20, 2.||[fig.] mauvais pas : Pl. Mil. 581 ; Cic. Att. 15, 20, 2.
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{{Georges
|georg=nassa ([[naxa]]), ae, f., die [[Fischreuse]], [[ein]] geflochtener [[Korb]] [[mit]] engem Halse, aus dem die Fische [[nicht]] [[wieder]] [[entkommen]] [[können]] (vgl. [[Fest]]. p. 169 [a], 19), Plin. 9, 91 u. 21, 114. Sil. 5, 48. – bildl., [[Netz]], [[Schlinge]], [[numquam]] [[hercle]] ex ista [[nassa]] [[ego]] [[hodie]] escam (den [[Köder]]) petam, Plaut. mil. 581: ex [[hac]] [[nassa]] [[exire]] constitui, [[wir]] »[[dieser]] [[Schlinge]] [[meinen]] [[Hals]] zu [[entziehen]] ist [[mein]] [[Entschluß]]«, Cic. ad Att. 15, 20, 2.
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