cauponis
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;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl. - Entry →caupona, cauponae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
landlady; (female) shopkeeper, innkeeper; inn, tavern, lodging-house;; restaurant;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
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..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...servus publicus tam languide agit, sed raptam cauponi harundinem subter lectum mittit, omniaque etiam foramina parietum scrutatur. Subducebat..."
