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mĕsa

mĕsa · f

middle

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What it meant

mĕsa — Lewis & Short

mĕsa, ae, f., = me/sh,

I middle, pure Lat. media (post-Aug.).—Of hemp: tria ejus (cannabis) genera: laudatissima est e medio, quae mesa vocatur, the middle sort, Plin. 19, 9, 56, § 174.† † mĕsancŭlon, i, n. (mĕsancŭla, ae, f.), = mesa/gkulon, a javelin, with a thong (acc. to others, a poise or bent handle) attached to the middle, Gell. 10, 25; cf.: mesanculum, teli missilis genus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 125 Müll.

Where it came from

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