moecha

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

† moecha, ae, f., = μοιχή,

an adulteress : ne sequerer moechas, Hor. S. 1, 4, 113: turpis, Cat. 42, 3: putida, id. 42, 11: bustuaria, Mart. 3, 93, 15: fastosa, id. 10, 13, 7: zelotypa, Juv. 6, 278.—In apposition: uxor moecha, Aus. Ep. 10.

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