ancilla

Definitiones

1. maid, slave-girl
   declension-1, feminine
2. handmaiden
   declension-1, feminine
3. Equivalent to 'Maid': A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.

Aequivalentia

Exempla

“cūr vetet ancillās accēdere, quaeritis?”

Why does she forbid slave-girls to approach, you ask?

“Dīxit autem Maria : Ecce ancilla Dominī : fīat mihi secundum verbum tuum.”

And Mary said, Behold the handmaiden of the Lord. Let it be to me according to your word.

Gradus CEFR