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|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. | |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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Revision as of 06:48, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nassa: or naxa, ae, f. no,
I a wickerbasket with a narrow neck, for catching fish, a weel.
I 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.—
II 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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nassa¹⁶ ou naxa, æ, f., nasse de pêcheur : Plin. 9, 91 ; Sil. 5, 48
