mendicare
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mendico, mendicare, mendicavi, mendicatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beg for; be a beggar, go begging;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin. - Entry →mendicor, mendicari, mendicatus sum:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beg for; be a beggar, go begging;
sg. pres. imp. 2ndsg. pres. ind. 2nd
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...quam te me vivo umquam sinam egere aut mendicare. SC. Quid illis futurum est ceteris qui te amant..."IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...ultimam, per notissimam amoris nostri fidem, non sinas mendicare parentem meum. sustineas, adiuves, praestes affectum. si mereor..."
