mendicantem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mendico, mendicare, mendicavi, mendicatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beg for; be a beggar, go begging;
acc. sg. pres. act. part.
Examples
Captivi
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...vestitu tuo potius quam illi, ubi minime honestumst, mendicantem vivere. HEG. [Ego virtute deum et maiorum nostrum dives..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...legiuncularum instar in castris regis, uideretis regem nunc mendicantem prope frumentum ab Aetolis quod militi admetiatur, nunc mutuas..."