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pŏpa , ae, m.
I. 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.—*
II. In fem.: PHILEMA POPA DE INSVLA, perh. = she who sells animals for sacrifice, Inscr. Orell. 2457.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, For Milo, 24.65
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 32
    • Persius, Saturae, 6
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