μάνδρα

A. enclosed space,

1. for cattle, fold, byre, Call. Cer. 106, Theoc. 4.61, Plu. 2.648a; for horses, μάνδραις ἐν ἱππείαισιν S. Fr. 659.3: in reference to the bezel in which the stone of a ring, with a design of oxen, is set, Pl. Epigr. 21, AP 9.746 (Polemo), cf. Hld. 5.14.

2. dub. sens. in POxy. 984 (i A. D.).

3. square on a draught-board, Mart. 7.72.8 (pl.).