Massa

Massa, ae, m.,

I a Roman surname .

1 L. Terentius Massa, Liv. 31, 50; 40, 35. —

2 Baebius Massa, a notorious informer and sycophant , Plin. Ep. 3, 4; 7, 33; Juv. 1, 35.—

3 The name of a slave , Petr. 69.

Massa
MASSA(Μάσσα, Ptol. 4.6.6; Masatat, Polyb. ap. Plin. 5.1), a river of Libya, which joined the sea not...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
massa
māssa ae, f , μάζα, kneaded dough; hence, a lump, mass: picis, V.: lactis coacti, cheese, O.: versa...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Massa
a burden; prophecy ...

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Massa
A lifting up, gift, one of the sons of Ishmael, the founder of an Arabian tribe (Gen. 25:14); a noma...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
Massa
(burden), a son of Ishmael. (Genesis 26:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30) His descendants were not improbably t...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
massa
massa, ae, f., = μάζα, that which adheres together like dough, a lump, mass (poet. and post-Aug.): ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.