mendicas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →mendicus, mendica, mendicum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Cassell's Latin Dictionary
poor as a beggar, beggarly; paltry, pitiful;
acc. pl. (f.) - Entry →mendico, mendicare, mendicavi, mendicatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
beg for; be a beggar, go begging;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Amphitruo
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...AMPH. Quidum? MERC. Quia senecta aetate a me mendicas malum. AMPH. Cum cruciatu tuo istaec hodie, verna, verba..."Liber XIV
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Clara Prometheo munere ligna sumus. LXXXI Pera. Ne mendica ferat barbati prandia nudi Dormiat et tetrico cum cane..."
