noun

mappa

gen. mappae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

Punic, Quint. 1, 5, 57

a napkin, table-napkin; a towel

a napkin, table-napkin; a towel.

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Lit.: Varius mappa compescere risum Vix poterat, Hor. S. 2, 8, 63: laticlavia, Petr. 32; Mart. 4, 46, 17: rubra detergere vulnera mappa, Juv. 5, 27.—

a cloth; a signalcloth by extension ••

Transf., a cloth with which the signal for starting was given to racers in the circus, a signalcloth: mappam usitatum Circo nomen, Poeni sibi vindicant, Quint. 1, 5, 57: mappa cretata, Mart. 12, 29, 9: Megalesiacae spectacula mappae, Juv. 11, 191: aliquo liberto mittente mappam, unde magistratus solent, Suet. Ner. 22.

Perseus ID: n27983 Key: mappa