- ancillor
- ancillor, ātus, 1, v. dep. and n. [ancilla], pr., to serve as handmaid; hence, in gen., to serve, to attend upon, to be subservient to, etc. (only ante-class. and post-Aug.): invita ancillans, Att. ap. Non. p. 72, 3:
uxoribus ancillantur, Titin. ib.: aestus (maris) ancillantes siderum avido trahenti etc.,
Plin. 2, 97, 99, § 213:cetera membra ancillari et subservire capiti,
App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 9, 17.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.