Davus
From LSJ
ὥστε πλείους ἢ χιλίας ἱεροδούλους ἐκέκτητο ἑταίρας → it owned more than a thousand temple-slaves, courtesans
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
Dāvus: (Davos), i, m.,
I a name given to Roman slaves, freq. in the comedies of Plaut. and Ter.; cf. also Hor. S. 1, 10, 40; 2, 5, 91; id. A. P. 114; Pers. 5, 161; 168 al. —Prov.: Davus sum, non Oedipus, Ter. Andr. 1, 2, 24.
Latin > German (Georges)
Dāvus (Dāvos), ī, m., ein röm. Sklavenname, zB. in Ter. Andr., s. bes. v. 194 u.a.
Wikipedia EN
Daos (Δᾶος, Lat. Davus): A Phrygian slave character in the ancient Greek comedy Aspis (Menander).
