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1 lenocinium
lēnōcĭnĭum, ĭi, n. [leno], the trade of a pander, pimping, pandering.I.Lit.:II.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.A.An allurement, enticement, Cic. Mur. 35, 74:B.cupiditatum,
id. Sest. 66, 138.—Excessive or artificial ornament, finery or nicety in dress:2.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.
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