The corpus record — Latin

admissarius

admissarius · adj

a horse

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Where it lives

Res Rustica, Books I-IX 12 · 1.52/10k
In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Miles Gloriosus 1 · 0.79/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

admissārĭus — Lewis & Short

admissārĭus, a, um, adj.admitto, sc. equus, asinus, etc.,

I a horse, ass, etc., that is used for breeding, a stallion, etc.: equus, Varr. R. R. 2, 7: asinus, id. ib. 2, 8.—Hence, metaph. subst.,

II Of a sensual, lewd man: scitus admissarius, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 19: admissarius iste, sic ad illius orationem adhinniit, * Cic. Pis. 28, 69 (cf. adhinnio); Sen. Q. N. 1, 16.

In the wild

admissarii Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 28.15.p2
admissarius Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6.37.8
admissarius Cicero, In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 69
admissarii Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6.28.1
admissarius Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 6.37.4
admissarius Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 4.3

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Where it came from

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