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The corpus record — Latin

Laudĭcēni

Laudĭcēni · m

dinnerchanters, who give applause for a dinner

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What it meant

Laudĭcēni — Lewis & Short

Laudĭcēni, ōrum, m., collat. form of Laodiceni, v. Laodicea, II. B.—Hence,

II In a pun, of parasites [laudo-cena], dinnerchanters, who give applause for a dinner, Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 5.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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