mandra

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

mandra, ae, f., = μάνδρα, a stall or pen for cattle, etc. (poet.).

I Lit.: mulorum, Mart. 5, 22, 7.—

II Transf.

A A herd of cattle : stantis convicia mandrae, abuse from the herd penned up or stopped , i. e. from the drovers, Juv. 3, 237; cf.: mandrae, locus in quo porci includuntur, Vet. Schol. ad loc.—

B In plur., a checkered draught-board, gaming-table : vincas Novium Publiumque mandris clusos, i. e. penned up in the squares , Mart. 7, 72, 8.

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