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|lshtext=<b>esca</b>: ae (<br /><b>I</b> gen. [[sing]]. escas, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. for edca, v. [[esco]], and edo; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 84 Müll., [[food]], [[both]] of men and beasts ([[class]].; cf.: [[victus]], [[cibus]], [[cibaria]], alimenta, edulia, [[opsonium]], [[pulmentum]]; [[epulae]], [[daps]], etc.).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: dii nec escis aut potionibus vescuntur, Cic. N. D. 2, 28; id. Div. 1, 51; id. Fin. 2, 28; Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 12; id. Most. 3, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 6, 98; Verg. G. 4, 17; Hor. S. 2, 2, 72 et saep.—In plur., Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 56; id. Men. 3, 1, 10; id. Ps. 3, 2, 41; id. Truc. 2, 7, 48; Verg. A. 12, 475; Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.: [[tun]]']] vetule, auriculis alienis colligis escas? Pers. 1, 22. —<br /><b>II</b> In partic., [[bait]] for [[catching]] animals.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Lit., Plaut. As. 1, 3, 68; Mart. 4, 56; Petr. 3 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.: [[divine]] [[Plato]] escam malorum appellat voluptatem, Cic. de Sen. 13, 44.
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|gf=<b>ēsca</b>,¹² æ, f. ([[edo]] 1),<br /><b>1</b> nourriture, aliments, pâture : escis et potionibus vescuntur Cic. Nat. 2, 59, ils mangent et boivent<br /><b>2</b> appât, amorce : Mart. 4, 56, 6 || [fig.] : [[voluptas]], [[esca]] malorum Cic. CM 44, le plaisir appât du mal. gén. arch. [[escas]] Andr. d. Prisc. Gramm. 6, 6.
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