ancilla

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ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν → love your neighbor as yourself, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, love thy neighbour as thyself

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Latin > English

ancilla ancillae N F :: slave girl; maid servant; handmaid; (opprobrious of man); nun (selfdescribed)

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ancilla: ae, f.
dim. ancula,
I a maidservant, handmaid, female slave (com. used as fem. of servus, instead of serva).
I Lit., Liv. Andron. ap. Non. p. 153 (Trag. Rel. p. 3 Rib.): Am. Quis me tenet? Br. Tua Bromia ancilla, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 25: ecqua ancilla est illi? id. Mil. 3, 1, 199: Servos, ancillas amove, atque audin? id. Trin. 3, 3, 70 et saep.: ancilla aere empta, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 26; so id. And. 3, 1, 3; 5, 1, 19; id. Heaut. 1, 1, 78; 5, 1, 20 et saep.: ancillarum beneficio emitti, Cic. Har. Resp. 42: ducebat ancillarum greges, id. Mil. 55: hunc servi ancillaeque amant, id. Verr. 2, 3, 4: cum ancillarum puerorumque comitatu, id. Mil. 10 al.: occultat se in tugurio mulieris ancillae, Sall. J. 12, 5; Hor. C. 2, 4, 1; id. S. 1, 2, 63; 1, 2, 117; 2, 3, 215; id. Ep. 1, 18, 72: nec (liberi) ancillis aut nutricibus delegantur, Tac. G. 20; id. Or. 29: ancilla dominā validior, id. A. 14, 63.—
II Trop.: terrā usus mortalium semper ancillā, Plin. 2, 63, 63, § 155.—As a term of reproach, of one servilely devoted to any thing: Fufidius ancilla turpis, Sall. H. 1, 15, p. 218 Gerl.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ancilla,⁹ æ (dim. de ancula), f., servante, esclave : Cic. Mil. 55, etc.

Latin > German (Georges)

ancilla, ae, f. (Demin. v. ancula), die Magd, die Hausarbeiten verrichtet, die Dienerin, Zofe, Sklavin (Ggstz. servus, puer, s. Lorenz Plaut. mil. 787, u. Ggstz. libera [eine Freie], Ambros. de fide 3. § 28), Komik., Cic. u.a.: fidissima, Petr.: ostiaria, Eccl.: ancilla, quae ministra (διάκονος, ἡ) dicitur, v. der Diakonissin bei den Christen, Plin. ep.: attrib., mulier ancilla, Sall. Iug. 12, 5. – übtr., terra usus mortalium semper ancilla, zu den Bedürfnissen der Menschen stets dienstfertig, Plin. 2, 155. – u. verächtl. von einem, der durch knechtische Dienstfertigkeit gegen jmd. sich erniedrigt, Fufidius, ancilla turpis, dieser schmutzige Leibeigene, Sall. hist. fr. 1, 41 (1, 45), 21: Gallus Antipater, ancilla honorum, Treb. Poll. Claud. 5, 4.

Latin > Chinese

ancilla, ae. f. :: 奴婢侍女