cauponi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caupo, cauponis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Late
shopkeeper, salesman, huckster; innkeeper, keeper of a tavern;
dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
- L
Liber I
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE BENEFICIIS
"...nulli gratum dat; nemo se stabularii aut cauponis hospitem iudicat nec conuiuam dantis epulum, ubi dici potest: 'Quid..." - G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...servus publicus tam languide agit, sed raptam cauponi harundinem subter lectum mittit, omniaque etiam foramina parietum scrutatur. Subducebat..."