coponis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →copona, coponae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
landlady; (female) shopkeeper, hostess; inn, tavern, lodging-house; shop;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - Entry →copo, coponis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
shopkeeper, salesman, huckster; innkeeper, keeper of a tavern;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.
Examples
Liber XIII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...quod non det tacituris, accipe, mulis. Haec ego coponi, non tibi, dona dedi. XII. Frumentum. Tercentum Libyci modios..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...quomodo dii volunt, amare coepi uxorem Terentii coponis: noveratis Melissam Tarentinam, pulcherrimum bacciballum. Sed ego non mehercules corporaliter..."
