arrabonis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →arrabo, arrabonis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Government
token payment on account, earnest money, deposit, pledge; (also of love);
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...magnis totidem quot ego et tu sumus. sed arraboni has dedit quadraginta minas; hinc sumpsit quas ei dedimus..."Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...mortuast: reliquit filiam adulescentulam. ea relicta huic arraboni est pro illo argento. CH. intellego. SY. hanc secum..."
