satura

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

satura (less correctly satira, not satyra), ae, f

fem. of satur; sc. lanx, a mixture, hotchpotch ; only in the phrase, per saturam, at random, confusedly, pell-mell : quasi per saturam sententiis exquisitis, S.— A satire, poetic medley set to music and sung on the stage : inpletae modis saturae, L.: ab saturis, i. e. after the appearance of satires , L.— A satire, poem of manners, didactic poem : in saturā nimis acer, H.

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