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lautia

lautia · n

the entertainment furnished in Rome to foreign ambassadors or distinguished guests at the expense of the state

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What it meant

lautĭa — Lewis & Short

lautĭa (in Plutarch lau/teia, Quaest. Rom. 45; old form: dautia quae lautia dicimus et dantur legatis hospitii gratia, Paul. ex ōrum, n.lautus, v. lavo fin.,

Fest. p. 68 Müll.),
I the entertainment furnished in Rome to foreign ambassadors or distinguished guests at the expense of the state.
I Lit.: locus inde lautiaque legatis praeberi jussa, Liv. 28, 39, 19; 30, 17, 14; 33, 24, 5; 35, 23, 11; 42, 6, 11; 42, 19, 6.—
II Transf. (post-class.), App. M. 9, p. 221, 39: equum illum hospitium, ac loca lautia mihi praebiturum, id. ib. 3, p. 140, 33; Sid. Ep. 8, 12 fin.; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 361.

In the wild

6 of 18 attestations shown.

Where it came from

  • Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. lautia (scan p. 370; entry #5851).

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