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lenocinium

lenocinium · n

the trade of a pander, pimping, pandering

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Where it lives

De Cultu Feminarum 2 · 3.9/10k
De Pallio 1 · 2.92/10k
C. Caligula 2 · 2.62/10k
Cum Senatui Gratias Egit 1 · 2.31/10k
De Patientia 1 · 2.21/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 4 · 1.87/10k
Octavius 2 · 1.72/10k
De Brevitate Vitae 1 · 1.62/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
Epidicus 1 · 1.54/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 1 · 1.48/10k

Densest 12 of 37 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

lēnōcĭnĭum — Lewis & Short

lēnōcĭnĭum, ĭi, n.leno,

I the trade of a pander, pimping, pandering.

I Lit.: ait praetor: Qui lenocinium fecerit. Lenocinium facit, qui quaestuaria mancipia habet. Sed et qui in liberis hunc quaestum exercet, in eadem causa est, etc., Dig. 3, 2, 4: quid? ego lenocinium facio? Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 11: uxori meae Mihique objectent lenocinium facere, id. Merc. 2, 3, 76: profiteri, to profess to be a bawd, Suet. Tib. 35: praebere uxori, to be a pander to, Dig. 24, 3, 47: eum qui in adulterio deprehensam uxorem non statim dimiserit, reum lenocinii postulari placuit, Paul. Sent. 2, 26, 8; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 12, 4.—

II Transf.

A An allurement, enticement, Cic. Mur. 35, 74: cupiditatum, id. Sest. 66, 138.—

B Excessive or artificial ornament, finery or nicety in dress: corporum lenocinia, Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146: omnis lenocinii negligens, Suet. Aug. 79: lenocinium est muneris antecedens metus, adds a charm to the benefit, Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 3; cf.: in lenocinio commendationis dolor est, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 145.—

2 In partic., of speech, meretricious or nament or allurement (postAug.), Tac. H. 1, 18: nos quibus sordent omnia, quae natura dictavit: qui non ornamenta quaerimus, sed lenocinia, Quint. 8 prooem. § 8; cf. id. 12, 1, 30: caret lenociniis expositio, id. 4, 2, 118; Suet. Calig. 38.

In the wild

lenocinio Seneca, De Brevitate Vitae 10.10.3
lenociniis Tertullian, De Patientia 16
lenocinium Tertullian, De idolatria 11
lenocinia Seneca the Elder, Controversiae 8.pr.1
lenocinia Tertullian, Adversus Valentinianos 1
lenociniis Seneca, De Consolatione ad Helviam 11.16.3

6 of 51 attestations shown.

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