Lewis Short
lixa | lixae (noun M) : perh. linquo
* A sutler: non lixa sequebatur,Liv. 39, 1: lixae modo sine insignibus, sine lictoribus, profectum,id. 21, 63: lixarum in modum negotiari,id. 5, 8: lixae ac negotiatores,Tac. A. 2, 62.
* Transf.
* In plur.: , camp-followers, consisting of sutlers, cooks, servants, etc.: lixas e castris submovit,Val. Max. 2, 7, 2: lixae permixti cum militibus,Sall. J. 44: ne lixae exercitum sequerentur,id. ib. 45: agmini totidem lixas habenti quot milites,Quint. 8, 6, 42; Justin. 38, 10, 2.
* An attendant on a magistrate, App. M. 1, p. 113, 22.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary