popa
Ἔοικα γοῦν τούτου γε σμικρῷ τινι αὐτῷ τούτῳ σοφώτερος εἶναι, ὅτι ἃ μὴ οἶδα οὐδὲ οἴομαι εἰδέναι → I seem, then, in just this little thing to be wiser than this man at any rate, that what I do not know I do not think I know either
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pŏpa: ae, m.
I 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.—*
II In fem.: PHILEMA POPA DE INSVLA, perh. = she who sells animals for sacrifice, Inscr. Orell. 2457. >
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) pŏpa,¹³ æ, m., victimaire : Cic. Mil. 65 || adjt, popa venter Pers. 6, 74, le ventre gras d’un sacrificateur.
(2) pŏpa, æ, f., femme qui tient un restaurant, cabaretière : CIL 6, 9824.
