marsupium

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

marsūpĭum (-suppium), ii, n., = μαρσύπιον,

a pouch, purse (ante- and postclass.): curam marsupii habere, Varr. ap. Non. 142, 1: nummi aurei in marsupio, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 26: quom inspicio marsupium, id. Men. 2, 1, 29: exenterare, to empty , id. Ep. 2, 2, 3; Prud. Psych. 600; Alcim. 6, 311.

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