Dāvus (Davos), i, m.,
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. And. 194.