mulctra

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

mulctra, ae, f. [mulgeo], a milkingpail, milk-pail.

I Lit.: bis venit ad mulctram, Verg. E. 3, 30: e mulctrā recens caseus, Col. 8, 17, 13; cf. mulctrum.—

II Transf., the milk in a milk-pail , Col. 7, 8, 1; cf. mulctrum.

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