noun · neutersecond declension
mapālia
mapālia n pl (genitive mapāliōrum)
Meaning
- huts of the Africans
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | mapālia |
| genitive | — | mapāliōrum |
| dative | — | mapāliīs |
| accusative | — | mapālia |
| ablative | — | mapāliīs |
| vocative | — | mapālia |
măpālĭa, ĭum, n. Punic,
I. huts, cottages of the Africans: mapalia casae Punicae appellantur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 146, 25 Müll.; so ib. p. 147; cf.:
aedificia Numidarum agrestium, quae mapalia illi vocant, oblonga, incurvis lateribus tecta, quasi navium carinae sunt, Sall. J. 18, 8: ex oppidis et mapalibus, id. ib. 46, 5: cum mapalibus pecoribusque suis persecuti sunt regem, Liv. 29, 31: et raris habitata mapalia tectis, Verg. G. 3, 340; Sil. 17, 89; Mart. 10, 20, 8.—In sing., Aus. Per. Odyss. 16.—Collect. coït e sparso concita mapali Agrestum manus, Val. Fl. 2, 460.—II. Transf.
A. A house of ill-repute, Petr. S. 58, 13.—
B. Useless things, follies, Sen. Apoc. 9, 1.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
mapālia ium, n
Punic, huts, cottages, portable dwellings (of nomads), S., Ta.: cum mapalibus pecoribusque suis persecuti sunt regem, L.: raris habitata mapalia tectis, V.
Origins
From Punic.