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|lshtext=<b>pŏpa</b>: ae, m.<br /><b>I</b> A Roman [[inferior]] [[priest]], a [[priest]]'s [[assistant]] or [[minister]], [[who]] brought the [[victim]] to the [[altar]] and felled it [[with]] an [[axe]], Suet. Calig. 32 fin.; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 62; Cic. Mil. 24, 65; Serv. Verg. A. 12, 120. Alluding to the [[corpulence]] of [[such]] priests: [[popa]] [[venter]], a [[fat]] [[paunch]], [[glutton]], Pers. 6, 74.—*<br /><b>II</b> In fem.: PHILEMA POPA DE INSVLA, perh. = she [[who]] sells animals for [[sacrifice]], Inscr. Orell. 2457. >
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