I.that which adheres together like dough, a lump, mass (poet. and post-Aug.): “massa picis,” Verg. G. 1, 275: “salis,” Plin. 31, 7, 39, § 78: “lactis coacti,” cheese, Ov. M. 8, 666: “lactis alligati,” Mart. 8, 64, 9.—Of metals: “versantque tenaci forcipe massam,” Verg. A. 8, 453: “aeris,” Plin. 34, 9, 20, § 97: “chalybis,” Ov. F. 4, 405: “ardens,” Juv. 10, 130.—Of money: “tum argenti montis, non massas habet: Aetna non aeque altast,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 73.— Absol., of a mass of gold: “contactu gleba potenti Massa fit,” Ov. M. 11, 112: marmoris, a block of marble: “marmor, non in columnis crustisve, sed in massa,” Plin. 36, 6, 8, § 49.—Of chaos, Ov. M. 1, 70.—Of a heavy weight, Juv. 6, 421.—Of an indeterminate quantity of land, Inscr. Orell. 4360.
massa , ae, f., = μάζα,
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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