copa

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

cōpa (cūpa), ae, f. [copo = caupo],

a female tavern-keeper and castanet-dancer , who exhibited her arts in her ale-house (cf. crotalum), Verg. Cop. 1 Heyne and Wagner: matronae copas imitantes, Suet. Ner. 27.