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esca

food

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Where it lives

De ieiunio adversus psychicos 9 · 15.23/10k
Moretum, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 12.92/10k
Culex, Appendix Vergiliana 2 · 7.65/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 6 · 5.47/10k
Ibis 2 · 5.09/10k
Psychomachia 2 · 3.33/10k
Menaechmi 3 · 3.16/10k
Mosella 1 · 3.08/10k
Cathemerina 2 · 2.72/10k
Casina 2 · 2.58/10k
Saturae 1 · 2.21/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 16 · 2.03/10k

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What it meant

esca — Lewis & Short

esca, ae (

I gen. sing. escas, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. for edca, v. esco, and edo; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 84 Müll., food, both of men and beasts (class.; cf.: victus, cibus, cibaria, alimenta, edulia, opsonium, pulmentum; epulae, daps, etc.).

I In gen.

A Lit.: dii nec escis aut potionibus vescuntur, Cic. N. D. 2, 28; id. Div. 1, 51; id. Fin. 2, 28; Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 12; id. Most. 3, 2, 2; id. Mil. 2, 6, 98; Verg. G. 4, 17; Hor. S. 2, 2, 72 et saep.—In plur., Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 56; id. Men. 3, 1, 10; id. Ps. 3, 2, 41; id. Truc. 2, 7, 48; Verg. A. 12, 475; Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154.—

B Trop.: tun' vetule, auriculis alienis colligis escas? Pers. 1, 22. —

II In partic., bait for catching animals.

1 Lit., Plaut. As. 1, 3, 68; Mart. 4, 56; Petr. 3 fin.—

2 Trop.: divine Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem, Cic. de Sen. 13, 44.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. ésca (scan p. 215; entry #3335).

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