mandra

mandra, ae, f., = μάνδρα, a stall or pen for cattle, etc. (poet.).

• I Lit.: mulorum, Mart. 5, 22, 7.—
• II Transf.
• • A A herd of cattle: stantis convicia mandrae, abuse from the herd penned up or stopped, i. e. from the drovers, Juv. 3, 237; cf.: mandrae, locus in quo porci includuntur, Vet. Schol. ad loc.—
  • B In plur., a checkered draught-board, gaming-table: vincas Novium Publiumque mandris clusos, i. e. penned up in the squares, Mart. 7, 72, 8.

mandra, ae, f. (μὰνδρα), der Zug eng aneinander gekoppelter Lasttiere, der Saumtierzug, Mart. 5, 22, 7. Iuven. 3, 237. – übtr., a) gleichs. ein Rudel = eine ganze Reihe, mendaciorum mandra, Ps. Cyr. de mont. Sina et Sion 11. p. 104, 3 H. – b) im Brettspiele der Alten = die geschlossene Reihe der niederen Figuren, etw. die Bauernreihe (eine andere Erklärung gibt L. Traube im Philol. 54, 133). Mart. 7, 72, 8. Auct. paneg. ad Pison. 203 (191) in Poet. Lat. minor. 4, 1. p. 270 Wernsd.

mandra [CL < μάνδρα], ~us, ~um 1 sheep (also fig.). lactea suspensis qui praebeat ubera mandris Frith. 309; ~os dicitur ovis Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 24; mandrum [gl.: i. ovem] WW (v. lycos 1). 2 shepherd, cowherd. hic ~a, -e, i. bubulcus a bobus conmendandis Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 349; ~a, qui boves hortatur Ib. 364; ~a bover Teaching Latin I 379; schepheerde, opilio ‥ ~a, -dre, commune PP; †manda [l. mandra, gl.: i. opilio] WW (v. lycos 1). 3 sheepfold. rictusque luporum / qui lustrare solent mandras et saepta bidentum Aldh. VirgV 993; ~as, eouuistras GlC M 26; ad caulas, i. ~as to þam gesetu[m] GlS 210. 4 monastery. Babilam loquar qui dominici gregis excubias et ~as ecclesiae ‥ tuebatur Aldh. VirgP 33; sanctimonialium ~as [AS: mynsterclusan] ‥ defenderet RegulC 3; in tercio Wintoniensi cenobio ‥ ~as sanctimonialium ordinavit Wulf. Æthelwold 22; in honore semper virginis Marie Deo consecratum [est], ~as sanctimonialium ordinavit quibus matrem ætheldrytham prefecit H. Albus 46.

mandra, (16) æ, f. (μάνδρα), ¶ 1 troupe (convoi) de bêtes de somme : Mart. 5, 22, 7 ; Juv. 3, 237 ¶ 2 rangée de pions dans le jeu des latroncules : Mart. 7, 72, 8.

mandra , ae. m.
羊圈。牛圈。

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mandra ae, f

• , μάνδρα, a drove of cattle, cattle train: stantis convicia mandrae, Iu.

Mandra

A checker-board. See latrunculi.