ancillula

ancillula
ancillŭla, ae, f. doub. dim. [id.], a little serving-maid, a young female slave.
I.
Lit., Plaut. Rud. prol. 74; Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 11; so id. Eun. 1, 2, 86; id. Phorm. 5, 5, 10 al.:

nec servus nec ancillula, etc.,

 Ov. R. Am. 639 al. —
II.
Trop.:

juris scientiam eloquentiae tamquam ancillulam pedissequamque adjunxisti,

 Cic. de Or. 1, 55 fin.:

praesto esse virtutes ut ancillulas,

 id. Fin. 2, 21, 69.

Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. . 2011.

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