meretricios
Dictionary entries
- Entry →meretricius, meretricia, meretricium:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
of/belonging to/typical of a courtesan/prostitute/harlot;
acc. pl. (m.)
Examples
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Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...animos lactas? CR. sanun es? SI. ac meretricios amores nuptiis conglutinas? PA. perii, metuo ut substet hospes..." - L
Liber VII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...Leuitate et politura corporum muliebres munditias antecessimus, colores meretricios matronis quidem non induendos uiri sumimus, tenero et molli..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...vidua libere, proterva petulanter, dives effuse, libidinosa meretricio more viveret, adulterum ego putarem si qui hanc paulo liberius..."