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mappa , ae, f. Punic, Quint. 1, 5, 57,
I.a napkin, table-napkin; a towel.
I. Lit.: “Varius mappa compescere risum Vix poterat,” Hor. S. 2, 8, 63: “laticlavia,” Petr. 32; Mart. 4, 46, 17: “rubra detergere vulnera mappa,” Juv. 5, 27.—
II. Transf., a cloth with which the signal for starting was given to racers in the circus, a signalcloth: “mappam usitatum Circo nomen, Poeni sibi vindicant,” Quint. 1, 5, 57: “mappa cretata,” Mart. 12, 29, 9: “Megalesiacae spectacula mappae,” Juv. 11, 191: “aliquo liberto mittente mappam, unde magistratus solent,” Suet. Ner. 22.
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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