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aleatorius

aleatorius · adj

pertaining to a gamester

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ālĕātōrĭus — Lewis & Short

ālĕātōrĭus, a, um, adj.aleator,

I pertaining to a gamester: aleatoria damna, in gaming, * Cic. Phil. 2, 27: aleatorium forum calfecimus, gaming-board, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 71: ritu, Gell. 18, 13.—Hence, ālĕātōrĭum, ii, n., the place where games of chance are played, a gaming-house, Sid. Ep. 2, 2.

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