Davus

Davus

Davus, in den römischen Lustspielen Name eines Sklaven, bes. eines simpeln, einfältigen; daher das Sprichwort: Davus sum, non Oedipus, d.h. dies kann ich nicht errathen.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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