massa

māssa ae, f

, μάζα, kneaded dough; hence, a lump, mass: picis, V.: lactis coacti, cheese, O.: versantque tenaci forcipe massam, V.: ardens, Iu.: contactu glaeba potenti Massa fit, i. e. of gold, O.—A heavy weight, mass, load, burden: pressa massā sub illā, etc. (of Chaos), O.: gravis, Iu.

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