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massa.

mace; club; mass, bulk; heavy weight, load, burden; lump; kneaded dough;

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈmas.sa]Classical-Latin[ˈmas.sa]
  1. mass, bulk (of material)

    declension-1 · feminine
  2. load, burden

    declension-1 · feminine
  3. dough

    declension-1 · feminine
  4. lump

    declension-1 · feminine
Where this word comes from

An early borrowing from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “bread”), possibly via Etruscan. It is uncertain whether the long /aː/ was carried over. Early Latin regularly rendered the Greek sound represented by ⟨ζ⟩ as /ss/; compare patrissō. In Imperial times, when Greek borrowings were entering Latin with ⟨z⟩, the old massa remained, never replaced by *māza.

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