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nassa | naxa (noun F) : or , , no
* A wickerbasket with a narrow neck, for catching fish, a weel.
* Lit.: nassa est piscatorii vasi genus, quo, cum intravit piscis, exire non potest, Paul. ex Fest. p. 169 Müll.; Sil. 5, 47; Plin. 9, 37, 61, § 132: junci usus ad nassas marinas,id. 21, 18, 59, § 114: scarus inclusus nassis,id. 32, 2, 5, § 11: instrumento piscatoris legato, et retia et nassae ... debentur. Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 66.
* Trop., of a dangerous place, a snare, net: numquam ex istā nassā escam petam,Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 98: ex hac naxā exire constitui, non ad fugam, sed ad spem mortis melioris,Cic. Att. 15, 20, 2: inclusus carcere nassae (aeger),Juv. 12, 123.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary

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