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deversorius

which accomodates lodgers

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Where it lives

Nero 1 · 1.28/10k

What it meant

1. deversorius — de Vaan

deversorius 'which accomodates lodgers' (PL), divertere 'to separate oneself, be different' (PL+), divortium 'divorce, junction5 (PL+), divorsum [adv.] 'in different ways' (Cato), evertere 'to overturn, expel5 (P1.+), invertere 'to reverse' (Ter,+), — [de Vaan, s.v. deversorius, p. 681]

2. dēversōrĭus — Lewis & Short

dēversōrĭus, a, um (dīver-, adj.2. deversor,

Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64; Sen. Ep. 108, 6; Curt. 7, 2, 22),

I belonging to an inn or lodging-place, fit to lodge in: taberna, a lodging-place, lodging, inn, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 81; id. Truc. 3, 2, 29; Suet. Ner. 27. In this sense also subst., dēversōrĭum (old form dēvors-), ii, n. (for syn. cf.: caupona, hospitium, taberna, popina, ganea), Cic. de Sen. 23, 84; id. Fam. 6, 19; id. Att. 4, 12; Liv. 1, 51; 21, 63; Suet. Vit. 7 al.: studiorum, non libidinum, Cic. Phil. 2, 41: officina nequitiae et deversorium flagitiorum omnium, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134.—Also in gen. for taberna: monumentorum bustorumque, Suet. Ner. 38; Vulg. Luc. 2, 7 al.

In the wild

deuersoriae Suetonius, Nero 27.3

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. deversorius (scan p. 681; entry #1959).

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