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esca, a dish

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

ēsca, ae, f.: food, bait. (edō)
esca, ae (gen. sing. escas, Liv. Andron. ap. Prisc. p. 679 P.), f. [for edca, v. esco, and edo; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 84 Müll.],
  • food, both of men and beasts (class.; cf.: victus, cibus, cibaria, alimenta, edulia, opsonium, pulmentum; epulae, daps, etc.).
  • I In gen.
    • A Lit.: dii nec escis aut potionibus vescuntur, Cic. N. D. 2, 28; id. Div. 1, 51; id. Fin. 2, 28; Plaut. Men. 1, 1, 12 (88); id. Most. 3, 2, 2 (691); id. Mil. 2, 6, 98 (578); Verg. G. 4, 17; Hor. S. 2, 2, 72 et saep.—In plur., Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 56 (492); id. Men. 3, 1, 10 (455); id. Ps. 3, 2, 41 (830); id. Truc. 2, 7, 48 (598); Verg. A. 12, 475; Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154.—
    • B Trop.: tun' vetule, auriculis alienis colligis escas? Pers. 1, 22. —
  • II In partic., bait for catching animals.
      • 1 Lit., Plaut. As. 1, 3, 68 (220); Mart. 4, 56; Petr. 3, 4 —
      • 2 Trop.: divine Plato escam malorum appellat voluptatem, Cic. de Sen. 13, 44.

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