nacca

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λαγὼς τὸν περὶ τῶν κρεῶν τρέχει → save one's bacon, save one's neck, save one's skin

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

nacca: (nacta, natta), ae, m., = νάκτης (pure Lat. fullo),
I a fuller: naccae appellantur vulgo fullones, ut ait Curiatius, quod nauci non sint, i. e. nullius pretii. Idem sentit et Cincius. Quidam aiunt, quod omnia fere opera ex lanā nacae dicantur a Graecis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 166 Müll.; App. M. 9, p. 227, 22.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

nacca, nacta, ou natta, æ, m. (*νάκτης), foulon : P. Fest. 166 ; Apul. M. 9, 22.