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1 vappa
vappa ae, f [cf. vapor], wine without flavor, vapid wine: potare vappam, H.—Fig., a spoiled fellow, good-for-nothing, H., Ct.* * *I II -
2 vappa
vappa, ae, f. [kindr. with vapor; cf. vapidus], wine that has lost its spirit and flavor; palled, flat, vapid wine.I.Lit.:II.vitium musto quibusdam in locis iterum sponte fervere, quā calamitate deperit sapor vappaeque accipit nomen, probrosum etiam hominum, cum degeneravit animus,
Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 125; Hor. S. 2, 3, 144; 1, 5, 16; Mart. 12, 48, 14.—Transf., masc., a spoiled or worthless fellow, a good-fornothing, Cat. 28, 5; Hor. S. 1, 1, 104; 1, 2, 12; Auct. Priap. 14; cf. Plin. l. l. supra. -
3 vapidus
vapida, vapidum ADJflat, vapid; that has lost its freshness (of wine) -
4 mensa
mensa, ae, f [Sanscr, ma, measure; Gr. metron; cf. manus, mane, etc.], a table for any purpose, as a dining-table; a market-stand for meat, vegetables, etc.; a money-dealer's table or counter, a sacrificial table, etc.I.Lit. Of the table itself as a fabrid:II.non ferre mensam nisi crebris distinctam venis,
Sen. Dial. 3, 35, 5:mensa inanis nunc si adponatur mihi,
Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 26:cibos in mensam alicui apponere,
id. Men. 1, 3, 29:surgunt a mensā saturi, poti,
id. Ps. 1, 3, 62: ad mensam consistere. to wait at table, Cic. Tusc. 5, 21, 61:auferre mensam,
Plaut. Truc. 2, 4, 14:apud mensam,
at table, id. Trin. 2, 4, 77; Gell. 2, 22, 1; 19, 7, 2:arae vicem praestare posse mensam dicatam,
Macr. S. 3, 11, 5.—Transf.A.Food; a table, meal, course: quocum mensam sermonesque suos impertit, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 240 Vahl.):B.communicabo te semper mensā meā,
Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 51:ita mensas exstruit,
id. Men. 1, 1, 25:parciore mensā uti,
Tac. A. 13, 16:Italicae Syracusiaeque mensae,
Cic. Tusc. 5, 35, 100:cui Quintus de mensa misit,
id. Att. 5, 1, 4; so,parāsti mensam adversus eos qui tribulant me,
Vulg. Psa. 23, 5:una mensa,
at a single meal, Juv. 1, 138: prior, proxima mensa, the first, the second rank at table; the first or second in esteem:Raeticis uvis prior mensa erat,
Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 16; id. 9, 17, 29, § 63: secunda mensa, the second course, the dessert (at which much wine was used), Cels 1, 2:haec ad te scripsi, appositā secundā mensā,
during the dessert, Cic. Att. 14, 6, 2; 14, 21, 4:Agesilaus coronas secundamque mensam servis dispertiit, Nep Ages. 8, 4: secunda mensa bono stomacho nihil nocet,
Cels. 1, 2, fin.:mensae tempore,
meal-time, Juv. 13, 211.—The guests at table:C.cum primum istorum conduxit mensa choragum,
Suet. Aug. 70.—A money-changer's counter:D. E.decem minas dum hic solvit, omnis mensas transiit,
Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 4:mensam poni jubet atque Effundi saccos nummorum,
Hor. S. 2, 3, 148:nummulariorum,
Vulg. Matt. 21, 12:publica,
a public bank, Cic. Fl. 19, 44; id. Pis. 36, 88.—Mensa lusoria, a gaming-table (late Lat.), Aug. Conf. 8, 6.—F.A sacrificial table:G.Curiales mensae, in quibus immolabatur Junoni, quae Curis est appellata, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. Curiales, p. 64 Müll.: mensae deorum,
Verg. A. 2, 764:Jovis mensa,
Plin. 25, 9, 59, § 105: a small altar:super tumulum statuere,
Cic. Leg. 2, 26, 66.—The long flat part, the table, of a military engine (e. g. of a catapult), Vitr. 10, 16.—H.
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