ancilla means: slave - girl
ancilla domini is Latin for "handmaid of the Lord"
The English word ancillary means subservient or subordinate, from Latin ancilla = a maid servant, female slave.
The Latin word ancilla, meaning slave-girl, has come into the English language as ancillary, meaning helpful.I hope this response is ancillary enough for you.
ancilla = maidservanthortum = accusative sing of hortus (n) 'garden'Is the maidservant doing something? Is there a verb missing? The case does not denote location or possession of the garden. It's a direct object.
It's "ancilla" in the nominative.
Ancilla Domini is Latin for handmaid of the Lord as in the scripture passage: Ecce ancilla Domini, fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum which means "behold the handmaid of the Lord, May it be done to me according to Your word. "
ECK-kay an-KEE-la DOM-in-ee.
Ancilla is the Latin word for a maid servant or female slave. Hortus is the word for a garden, with the accusative singular form hortum.So the phrase means "the maid servant (does something to) the garden; the verb is missing from your phrase so we can not know what it is she does. A verb such as curat would make sense: ancilla hortum curat = the maid servant tends the garden.
An ancilla is a maid, an auxiliary or accessory.
Ancilla Dent was born in 1933.
Ancilla College was created in 1937.
Mydaea ancilla was created in 1826.