hama

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

hăma (ama), ae, f., = ἄμη,

a waterbucket , esp. for extinguishing fires, a firebucket , Plin. Ep. 10, 42, 2; Juv. 14, 305; Dig. 1, 15, 3; 33, 7, 12, §§ 18, 21 (in Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 42, false reading for aula, Lorenz ad loc.).

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