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Massa2

Massa2 · f

that which adheres together like dough, a lump, mass

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Where it lives

Saturae 2 · 4.42/10k
Apotheosis 2 · 2.7/10k
De Anima 5 · 2.1/10k
Peristephanon Liber 3 · 1.71/10k
De Architectura 9 · 1.56/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 1 · 1.48/10k
Epigrammata 8 · 1.42/10k
Georgicon 2 · 1.41/10k
de consulatu Stilichonis 1 · 1.32/10k
Saturae 3 · 1.21/10k
Silvae 3 · 1.2/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 1 · 1.2/10k

Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. massa — Lewis & Short

massa, ae, f., = ma/za,

I that which adheres together like dough, a lump, mass (poet. and post-Aug.): massa picis, Verg. G. 1, 275: salis, Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 78: lactis coacti, cheese, Ov. M. 8, 666: lactis alligati, Mart. 8, 64, 9.—Of metals: versantque tenaci forcipe massam, Verg. A. 8, 453: aeris, Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97: chalybis, Ov. F. 4, 405: ardens, Juv. 10, 130.—Of money: tum argenti montis, non massas habet: Aetna non aeque altast, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 73.— Absol., of a mass of gold: contactu gleba potenti Massa fit, Ov. M. 11, 112: marmoris, a block of marble: marmor, non in columnis crustisve, sed in massa, Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49.—Of chaos, Ov. M. 1, 70.—Of a heavy weight, Juv. 6, 421.—Of an indeterminate quantity of land, Inscr. Orell. 4360.

2. Massa — Lewis & Short

Massa, ae, m.,

I a Roman surname.

1 L. Terentius Massa, Liv. 31, 50; 40, 35. —

2 Baebius Massa, a notorious informer and sycophant, Plin. Ep. 3, 4; 7, 33; Juv. 1, 35.—

3 The name of a slave, Petr. 69.

3. massa — Walde–Hofmann

massa, -ae f. ,zusammengeknetete Masse, Klumpen; Landgut; Haufen, Masse^ (seit Plaut, rom., Demin,. massulu seit Colum., massälis [vgl. substantialis] 'Tert., massäceus Grom., massärius 'épyaarnpıdpyng’ Inschr.; commassó „häufe auf“ Verec., immassö, -äre „forme zu einer Breimasse" Isid. [vgl. rom. *admassö, Cavallin Phil. 91, 468 A. 399]: aus gr. uAZa, udZa f. „Teig aus Gerstenmehl, Fladen" ; jünger (seit LXX. G. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. massa, p. 953]

In the wild

massaeque Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 36.26.p1
massam Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 1.2
Massa Tacitus, Historiae 4.52
massis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 33.5.p4
Massa Juvenal, Saturae 1.1.35
massam Apicius, De Re Coquinaria 8.401

6 of 92 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. massa (scan pp. 412-413; entry #6598).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. massa (scan p. 953; entry #1715).

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