pŏpa, ae, m.
I A Roman inferior priest , a priest's assistant or minister , who brought the victim to the altar and felled it with an axe , Suet. Calig. 32 fin. ; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 62; Cic. Mil. 24, 65; Serv. Verg. A. 12, 120. Alluding to the corpulence of such priests: popa venter, a fat paunch , glutton , Pers. 6, 74.—*
II In fem. : PHILEMA POPA DE INSVLA, perh. = she who sells animals for sacrifice , Inscr. Orell. 2457.