noun greek

mandra

gen. mandrae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

a stall; pen for cattle poetic

a stall or pen for cattle, etc. (poet.).

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Lit.: mulorum, Mart. 5, 22, 7.—

by extension

A herd of cattle; abuse from the herd penned up; stopped

A herd of cattle: stantis convicia mandrae, abuse from the herd penned up or stopped, i. e. from the drovers, Juv. 3, 237; cf.: mandrae, locus in quo porci includuntur, Vet. Schol. ad loc.—

plur., a checkered draught-board, gaming-table •

In plur., a checkered draught-board, gaming-table: vincas Novium Publiumque mandris clusos, i. e. penned up in the squares, Mart. 7, 72, 8.

Perseus ID: n27845 Key: mandra