psecas

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

psĕcas, ădis, f., = ψεκάς (drizzle),

a female slave who perfumed her mistress's hair , Juv. 6, 489: psecade natus, a phrase denoting a man of humble birth , Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 15, 2.

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