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pŏpa (noun M) :
* A Roman inferior priest, a priest's assistant or minister, who brought the victim to the altar and felled it with an axe, Suet. Calig. 32 fin.; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 62; Cic. Mil. 24, 65; Serv. Verg. A. 12, 120. Alluding to the corpulence of such priests: popa venter,a fat paunch, glutton,Pers. 6, 74.—*
* In fem.: PHILEMA POPA DE INSVLA, perh. = she who sells animals for sacrifice, Inscr. Orell. 2457.
* A Roman inferior priest, a priest's assistant or minister, who brought the victim to the altar and felled it with an axe, Suet. Calig. 32 fin.; Prop. 4 (5), 3, 62; Cic. Mil. 24, 65; Serv. Verg. A. 12, 120. Alluding to the corpulence of such priests: popa venter,a fat paunch, glutton,Pers. 6, 74.—*
* In fem.: PHILEMA POPA DE INSVLA, perh. = she who sells animals for sacrifice, Inscr. Orell. 2457.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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