my+trade

fī̆glīnus, or, in the uncontr. primary form, fĭgŭlīnus, a, um, adj. [1. figulus], of or belonging to a potter, potter ' s - (cf. fictilis).

Form figlinus:

creta,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 3:

opera,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 66. —

Subst.

figlīna, ae, f.

The art or trade of a potter (sc. ars), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 23.—

A potter ' s workshop, pottery, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 82; 35, 12, 46, § 159; Inscr. Orell. 1, p. 371 sq.;

in the form FIGVLINA,

Inscr. Orell. 935.—

figlīnum, i, n., an earthen vessel, crock, Plin. 31, 3, 27, § 46; 34, 18, 50, § 170:

opus figulinum,

id. 36, 25, 64, § 189:

fabricae,

id. 7, 56, 57, § 198; Vitr. 5, 10, 3.—

Form figulinus:

opus,

Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 130:

fornaces,

Arn. 6, 200.

fī̆glīnus, or, in the uncontr. primary form, fĭgŭlīnus, a, um, adj. [1. figulus], of or belonging to a potter, potter ' s - (cf. fictilis).

Form figlinus:

creta,

Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 3:

opera,

Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 66. —

Subst.

figlīna, ae, f.

The art or trade of a potter (sc. ars), Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 23.—

A potter ' s workshop, pottery, Plin. 3, 6, 12, § 82; 35, 12, 46, § 159; Inscr. Orell. 1, p. 371 sq.;

in the form FIGVLINA,

Inscr. Orell. 935.—

figlīnum, i, n., an earthen vessel, crock, Plin. 31, 3, 27, § 46; 34, 18, 50, § 170:

opus figulinum,

id. 36, 25, 64, § 189:

fabricae,

id. 7, 56, 57, § 198; Vitr. 5, 10, 3.—

Form figulinus:

opus,

Plin. 31, 11, 47, § 130:

fornaces,

Arn. 6, 200.

fullōnĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to fullers.

Adj.:

ars,

the art of fulling, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 196:

creta,

fuller's earth, id. 17, 8, 4, § 46:

aenae,

id. 24, 13, 68, § 111:

saltus,

a jumping in fulling, Sen. Ep. 15.—Comically: nisi lenoni munus hodie misero, Cras mihi potandus fructus (perh. fucus) est fullonius, to-morrow I must swallow ink (acc. to others, must let myself be stamped upon), Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 15. —

Subst.

fullōnium, ĭi, n. (=fullonica, II. B.), a fuller's shop, Amm. 14, 11, 31.—

fullōnia, ae, f., the fuller's trade (sc. ars):

si non didicisti fulloniam, non mirandumst,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 57 Fleck. (al. fullonicam).

fullōnĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to fullers.

Adj.:

ars,

the art of fulling, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 196:

creta,

fuller's earth, id. 17, 8, 4, § 46:

aenae,

id. 24, 13, 68, § 111:

saltus,

a jumping in fulling, Sen. Ep. 15.—Comically: nisi lenoni munus hodie misero, Cras mihi potandus fructus (perh. fucus) est fullonius, to-morrow I must swallow ink (acc. to others, must let myself be stamped upon), Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 15. —

Subst.

fullōnium, ĭi, n. (=fullonica, II. B.), a fuller's shop, Amm. 14, 11, 31.—

fullōnia, ae, f., the fuller's trade (sc. ars):

si non didicisti fulloniam, non mirandumst,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 57 Fleck. (al. fullonicam).

fullōnĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to fullers.

Adj.:

ars,

the art of fulling, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 196:

creta,

fuller's earth, id. 17, 8, 4, § 46:

aenae,

id. 24, 13, 68, § 111:

saltus,

a jumping in fulling, Sen. Ep. 15.—Comically: nisi lenoni munus hodie misero, Cras mihi potandus fructus (perh. fucus) est fullonius, to-morrow I must swallow ink (acc. to others, must let myself be stamped upon), Plaut. Ps. 3, 1, 15. —

Subst.

fullōnium, ĭi, n. (=fullonica, II. B.), a fuller's shop, Amm. 14, 11, 31.—

fullōnia, ae, f., the fuller's trade (sc. ars):

si non didicisti fulloniam, non mirandumst,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 57 Fleck. (al. fullonicam).

haerĕsis (scanned hĕrĕsis in Prud. Psych. 725; Ham. 64), is and ĕos, f., = hairesis.

A (philosophical or religious) sect, a school of thought (=secta): Cato in ea est haeresi, quae nullum sequitur florem orationis, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2;

as Greek,

id. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

Pythagorae haeresim sequi,

Vitr. 5 praef. —

Heretical religious doctrine, heresy, Tert. adv. Haer. 1 sq. et saep.:

Ariana,

the Arian heresy, Sid. Ep. 7, 6:

plurimae sectae et haereses,

Lact. 4, 30, 2.— Hĕrĕsis, personif., Prud. Psych. 710.—

Comically: joca tua plena facetiarum de haeresi Vestoriana... risisse me satis,

i. e. craft, trade, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 1.—

A calling, profession: navalis, Cod. Th. 13, 6, 9 sq.

haerĕsis (scanned hĕrĕsis in Prud. Psych. 725; Ham. 64), is and ĕos, f., = hairesis.

A (philosophical or religious) sect, a school of thought (=secta): Cato in ea est haeresi, quae nullum sequitur florem orationis, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2;

as Greek,

id. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

Pythagorae haeresim sequi,

Vitr. 5 praef. —

Heretical religious doctrine, heresy, Tert. adv. Haer. 1 sq. et saep.:

Ariana,

the Arian heresy, Sid. Ep. 7, 6:

plurimae sectae et haereses,

Lact. 4, 30, 2.— Hĕrĕsis, personif., Prud. Psych. 710.—

Comically: joca tua plena facetiarum de haeresi Vestoriana... risisse me satis,

i. e. craft, trade, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 1.—

A calling, profession: navalis, Cod. Th. 13, 6, 9 sq.

haerĕsis (scanned hĕrĕsis in Prud. Psych. 725; Ham. 64), is and ĕos, f., = hairesis.

A (philosophical or religious) sect, a school of thought (=secta): Cato in ea est haeresi, quae nullum sequitur florem orationis, Cic. Par. prooem. § 2;

as Greek,

id. Fam. 15, 16, 3:

Pythagorae haeresim sequi,

Vitr. 5 praef. —

Heretical religious doctrine, heresy, Tert. adv. Haer. 1 sq. et saep.:

Ariana,

the Arian heresy, Sid. Ep. 7, 6:

plurimae sectae et haereses,

Lact. 4, 30, 2.— Hĕrĕsis, personif., Prud. Psych. 710.—

Comically: joca tua plena facetiarum de haeresi Vestoriana... risisse me satis,

i. e. craft, trade, Cic. Att. 14, 14, 1.—

A calling, profession: navalis, Cod. Th. 13, 6, 9 sq.

ĭners, ertis (abl. inerti, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

inerte,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 8; 1, 10, 14), adj. [2. in-ars], unskilled in any art or trade, without skill, unskilful (class.): ut perhibetur iners, ars in quo non erit ulla, Lucil. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 158:

artes, quibus qui carebant, inertes a majoribus nominabantur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115: versus, artless ( = sine arte et gravitate facti), Hor. A. P. 445.—In partic., = iners dicendi, arte dicendi carens:

homo non inertissimus,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 67. —

In gen., inactive, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert.

Of living beings:

linguā factiosi, inertes operā,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 13: silvicolae homines bellique inertes, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, § 9:

gerro, iners, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10:

vicissent inprobos boni fortes inertes,

Cic. Sest. 19, 43:

senectus,

id. de Sen. 11, 36:

homo inertior, ignavior proferri non potest,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

pecus,

Verg. A. 4, 158; cf.:

fera membris,

Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

inertissimum et desidiosissimum otium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33:

inertissima segnitia,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

ignavum et iners genus interrogationis,

empty, idle, id. Fat. 13, 29:

aquae,

stagnant waters, Ov. H. 18, 121:

stomachus,

i. e. without digestion, id. P. 1, 10, 14:

glaebae,

that bear nothing, without cultivation, Verg. G. 1, 94:

terra,

motionless, immovable, Hor. C. 3, 4, 45:

horae,

leisure hours, id. S. 2, 6, 61:

tempus,

Ov. P. 1, 15, 44:

Brutus castigator lacrimarum atque inertium querellarum,

Liv. 1, 59, 4.— Of food, without flavor, insipid:

caro,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 41:

blitum iners videtur, ac sine sapore, aut acrimonia ulla,

Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252:

sal,

id. 31, 7, 39, § 82: [p. 941] vita, inactive, quiet, Tib. 1, 1, 5. — Poet., causative, rendering idle or inactive:

frigus,

Ov. M. 8, 790:

somni,

id. Am. 2, 10, 19. — Hence, adv.: ĭnerter, and sup. inertissime, Charis. 165 P.

ĭners, ertis (abl. inerti, Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227:

inerte,

Ov. P. 1, 5, 8; 1, 10, 14), adj. [2. in-ars], unskilled in any art or trade, without skill, unskilful (class.): ut perhibetur iners, ars in quo non erit ulla, Lucil. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 4, 158:

artes, quibus qui carebant, inertes a majoribus nominabantur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 34, 115: versus, artless ( = sine arte et gravitate facti), Hor. A. P. 445.—In partic., = iners dicendi, arte dicendi carens:

homo non inertissimus,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 21, 67. —

In gen., inactive, idle, indolent, sluggish, inert.

Of living beings:

linguā factiosi, inertes operā,

Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 13: silvicolae homines bellique inertes, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 5, § 9:

gerro, iners, etc.,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 10:

vicissent inprobos boni fortes inertes,

Cic. Sest. 19, 43:

senectus,

id. de Sen. 11, 36:

homo inertior, ignavior proferri non potest,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

pecus,

Verg. A. 4, 158; cf.:

fera membris,

Plin. 8, 21, 32, § 77.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

inertissimum et desidiosissimum otium,

Cic. Agr. 2, 33:

inertissima segnitia,

id. Fin. 1, 2, 5:

ignavum et iners genus interrogationis,

empty, idle, id. Fat. 13, 29:

aquae,

stagnant waters, Ov. H. 18, 121:

stomachus,

i. e. without digestion, id. P. 1, 10, 14:

glaebae,

that bear nothing, without cultivation, Verg. G. 1, 94:

terra,

motionless, immovable, Hor. C. 3, 4, 45:

horae,

leisure hours, id. S. 2, 6, 61:

tempus,

Ov. P. 1, 15, 44:

Brutus castigator lacrimarum atque inertium querellarum,

Liv. 1, 59, 4.— Of food, without flavor, insipid:

caro,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 41:

blitum iners videtur, ac sine sapore, aut acrimonia ulla,

Plin. 20, 22, 93, § 252:

sal,

id. 31, 7, 39, § 82: [p. 941] vita, inactive, quiet, Tib. 1, 1, 5. — Poet., causative, rendering idle or inactive:

frigus,

Ov. M. 8, 790:

somni,

id. Am. 2, 10, 19. — Hence, adv.: ĭnerter, and sup. inertissime, Charis. 165 P.

instrūmentum, i, n. [id.], an implement of any kind, a utensil, tool, instrument (class.).

Lit.:

militare,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30:

culinarum argentea,

Just. 38, 10, 4:

crudelia jussae instrumenta necis,

Ov. M. 3, 698.—

Esp., sing. collect., instruments, apparatus, material, stock, furniture (freq. and class.):

instrumentum ac ornamenta villae,

Cic. Dom. 24, 62:

orationes magna impensā magnoque instrumento tueri,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 21, § 53:

belli instrumentum et apparatus,

id. Ac. 2, 1, 3: rusticum, Phaedr. 4, 4, 24; Val. Max. 4, 4, 6:

hostium spolia, monumenta imperatorum, decora atque ornamenta fanorum, in instrumento atque in supellectile Verris nominabuntur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 97; cf. Pall. 1, 43, 1:

hibernorum,

Caes. B. C. 5, 31:

bellicum,

Liv. 42, 53, 4:

nauticum,

id. 30, 10, 3:

venatorium,

Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 3:

piscationis,

Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 41.—Esp., in law, the personalty, chattels, or stock of a farm, business, trade, etc.:

fundo legato, neque instrumentum fundi... ad legatarium pertinet,

Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 34:

instrumento cauponio legato, ea debentur, quae in cauponis usum parata sunt, velut vasa,

id. ib. 3, 6, 61:

pistoris,

id. ib. §

64: medici,

Dig. 33, 7, 18, § 10; cf.:

in fanis alia vasorum sunt et sacrae supellectilis, alia ornamentorum, quae vasorum sunt instrumenti instar habent, quibus sacrificia conficiuntur,

apparatus, Macr. S. 3, 11, 5. —

Trop.

Of writings, an instrument, document, record:

opus est intueri omne litis instrumentum,

Quint. 12, 8, 12:

aerearum tabularum tria milia... instrumentum imperii pulcherrimum ac vetustissimum,

Suet. Vesp. 8:

publici instrumenti auctoritas,

id. Calig. 8:

emtionis,

Dig. 24, 1, 58:

si scriptum fuerit instrumento, promisisse aliquem,

Paul. Sent. 5, 7, 2:

instrumentorum obligatio desideratur,

id. ib. 2, 17, 13. —

Store, provision, supply, means, assistance, furtherance, etc.:

oratoris,

provision, supply, Cic. de Or. 1, 36, 165:

causarum,

id. ib. 2, 34, 146.— Absol.:

quid viatici, quid instrumenti satis sit,

i. e. for a journey, Cic. Att. 12, 32, 2:

instrumenta ad obtinendam sapientiam,

means, id. Leg. 1, 22, 59:

virtutis,

id. Cat. 2, 5, 9:

naturae,

id. Brut. 77, 268:

graviorum artium,

id. ib. 97:

dicendi,

Quint. 12, 11, 24:

ciborum,

i. e. organs of digestion, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 168.—

Ornament, embellishment:

felices ornent haec instrumenta libellos,

Ov. Tr. 1, 1, 9:

anilia,

apparel, dress, id. M. 14, 766; Suet. Aug. 73.

in-verto, verti, versum, 3, v. a., to turn upside down, turn about, to upset, invert (class.).

Lit.:

pingue solum Fortes invertant tauri,

to turn up, plough up, Verg. G. 1, 64:

campum,

id. ib. 3, 161:

Boreas invertit ornos,

upturns, overthrows, Luc. 6, 390:

vinaria,

to upset, empty, Hor. S. 2, 8, 39:

mare,

i. e. disturbed, rough, id. Epod. 10, 5:

alveos navium inversos pro tuguriis habere,

Sall. J. 18, 5:

adeo vehementer talum inverti, ut minimum affuerim quin articulum defregerim,

dislocated, App. Flor. 3, p. 134, 3:

si polypus invertatur,

Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 91:

invertere se,

to turn over, id. 32, 2, 5, § 13:

cum in locum anulum inverterat,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38. —

Esp., to dip, dye:

albentes lanas,

Sil. 16, 568.—

Trop., to invert, transpose; to change. alter; to pervert; to exchange:

ut cum semel dictum sit directe, invertatur ordo, et idem quasi sursum versus retroque dicatur,

Cic. Part. 7, 24: quae in vulgus edita ejus verbis, invertere supersedeo, to alter, give in another form, Tac. A. 15, 63:

virtutes,

to alter, misrepresent, Hor. S. 1, 3, 55:

lanas,

to dye, color, Sil. 16, 569:

Vertumnus Deus invertendarum rerum est,

i. e. of barter, trade, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 59, § 154. —

Esp. of words, to pervert, misapply, use ironically (cf. inversio, I.):

invertuntur verba, ut, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 2, 65, 262.—Hence, inversus, a, um, P. a., turned upside down, inverted.

Lit.:

vomer inversus,

Hor. Epod. 2, 63:

carinae,

Plin. 9, 6, 5, § 15:

manus (opp. supina),

id. 12, 25, 54, § 121:

charta,

Mart. 4, 87, 11:

submovere Euros Pellibus inversis,

turned inside out, Juv. 14, 187.—

Trop., inverted, perverted: annus, inverted, brought back to its beginning, i. e. completed, ended, Hor. S. 1, 1, 36:

pro curia, inversique mores!

perverted, corrupt, id. C. 3, 5, 7:

consuetudo,

Quint. 3, 9, 9:

verba,

perverted from their proper meanings, ambiguous, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 131; so,

too, verba,

dark, obscure, Lucr. 1, 642. — Neutr. sing. as adv.: inversum, upside down:

surculis inversum superpositis,

Sol. 8.

lēnōcĭnĭum, ĭi, n. [leno], the trade of a pander, pimping, pandering.

Lit.:

ait praetor: Qui lenocinium fecerit. Lenocinium facit, qui quaestuaria mancipia habet. Sed et qui in liberis hunc quaestum exercet, in eadem causa est, etc.,

Dig. 3, 2, 4:

quid? ego lenocinium facio?

Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 11:

uxori meae Mihique objectent lenocinium facere,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 76:

profiteri,

to profess to be a bawd, Suet. Tib. 35:

praebere uxori,

to be a pander to, Dig. 24, 3, 47:

eum qui in adulterio deprehensam uxorem non statim dimiserit, reum lenocinii postulari placuit,

Paul. Sent. 2, 26, 8; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 12, 4.—

Transf.

An allurement, enticement, Cic. Mur. 35, 74:

cupiditatum,

id. Sest. 66, 138.—

Excessive or artificial ornament, finery or nicety in dress:

corporum lenocinia,

Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146:

omnis lenocinii negligens,

Suet. Aug. 79:

lenocinium est muneris antecedens metus,

adds a charm to the benefit, Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 3; cf.:

in lenocinio commendationis dolor est,

Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 145.—

In partic., of speech, meretricious or nament or allurement (postAug.), Tac. H. 1, 18:

nos quibus sordent omnia, quae natura dictavit: qui non ornamenta quaerimus, sed lenocinia,

Quint. 8 prooem. § 26; cf. id. 12, 1, 30:

caret lenociniis expositio,

id. 4, 2, 118; Suet. Calig. 38.

mātĕrĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to stuff, matter, wood, timber.

In gen. (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

fabrica,

carpentry, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198:

FABER,

a carpenter, Inscr. Grut. 642, 6:

NEGOCIATOR,

a timber-merchant, Inscr. Orell. 4248. —Also subst. —

mātĕrĭārĭus, ii, m. (sc. negotiator), a timber-merchant: si non [p. 1119] hos materiarius remoratur, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 45:

CLAVORVM,

a maker of wooden nails, Inscr. Orell. 4164.—

In partic.:

haeretici materiarii, in eccl. Lat.,

those who believed in the eternity of matter, Tert. adv. Hermog. 25.—

mātĕrĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. negotiatio), the trade in timber, Paul. ex Fest. p. 27, 11 Müll.

mātĕrĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or belonging to stuff, matter, wood, timber.

In gen. (ante-class. and post-Aug.):

fabrica,

carpentry, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198:

FABER,

a carpenter, Inscr. Grut. 642, 6:

NEGOCIATOR,

a timber-merchant, Inscr. Orell. 4248. —Also subst. —

mātĕrĭārĭus, ii, m. (sc. negotiator), a timber-merchant: si non [p. 1119] hos materiarius remoratur, Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 45:

CLAVORVM,

a maker of wooden nails, Inscr. Orell. 4164.—

In partic.:

haeretici materiarii, in eccl. Lat.,

those who believed in the eternity of matter, Tert. adv. Hermog. 25.—

mātĕrĭārĭa, ae, f. (sc. negotiatio), the trade in timber, Paul. ex Fest. p. 27, 11 Müll.

mercor, ātus, 1 (archaic form, mercassitur for mercatus fuerit, Inscr. Grut. 512, 20.— Inf. mercarier for mercari, Hor. S. 2, 3, 24), v. dep. n. and a. [id.], to trade, traffic, deal in commodities ( absol., Plaut. Merc. prol. 82), to buy, purchase something from a person (cf. nundinor).

Lit., constr. with aliquid ab or de aliquo, with abl. or gen. of the price (class.):

aliquid ab aliquo,

Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150:

fundum de pupillo,

id. Fl. 20, 46:

aliquid tanto pretio,

id. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

hortos egregiasque domos,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 24:

quanti mercatura mullum luxuria?

Plin. 9, 18, 31, § 68:

hanc (segetem),

Juv. 14, 143.—In part. pres.: mercans, antis, subst., a buyer, purchaser:

spem mercantium frustrari,

Suet. Aug. 75.—

Trop.:

ego haec officia mercanda vitā puto,

to be purchased with life, Cic. Att. 9, 5, 3:

amorem muneribus,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 15.—In pass. signif., to be bought (mostly post-Aug.):

jam quidem facta emplastra mercantur,

Plin. 34, 11, 25, § 108.— Part. perf.: mercātus, a, um, bought, purchased: commeatibus mercatis, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 138, 12:

cultus,

Prop. 1, 2, 5:

sestertiis centum quinquaginta milibus trullam unam mercatam a matrefamilias,

Plin. 37, 2, 10, § 29 (the better reading is mercatā matre, Jan.).

mĕrē̆trīcĭus, a, um, adj. [meretrix], of or pertaining to harlots or prostitutes, meretricious.

Adj. (class.):

meretricia ornamenta,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 63:

quaestus,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44:

disciplina,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6:

domus,

a courtesan's house, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 18:

amores,

Cic. Cael. 20, 48.—

Subst.: mĕrē̆trīcĭum, ii, n.

The art of a courtesan:

inmutari blandimentis, hortamentis, ceteris meretriciis,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 63.—

The trade of a harlot:

meretricium facere,

Suet. Calig. 40.—Hence, adv.: mĕrē̆trīcĭē, after the manner of harlots, meretriciously (ante-class.):

digne ornata, haud meretricie,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 58.

mĕrē̆trīcĭus, a, um, adj. [meretrix], of or pertaining to harlots or prostitutes, meretricious.

Adj. (class.):

meretricia ornamenta,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 63:

quaestus,

Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44:

disciplina,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6:

domus,

a courtesan's house, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 18:

amores,

Cic. Cael. 20, 48.—

Subst.: mĕrē̆trīcĭum, ii, n.

The art of a courtesan:

inmutari blandimentis, hortamentis, ceteris meretriciis,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 63.—

The trade of a harlot:

meretricium facere,

Suet. Calig. 40.—Hence, adv.: mĕrē̆trīcĭē, after the manner of harlots, meretriciously (ante-class.):

digne ornata, haud meretricie,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 58.