The corpus record — Latin

moechus

moechus · m

a fornicator, an adulterer

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Where it lives

Lydia, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 18.76/10k
De Pudicitia 22 · 16.37/10k
Opilius Macrinus 2 · 8.03/10k
Miles Gloriosus 7 · 5.52/10k
Saturae 12 · 4.82/10k
Satyrarum libri 4 · 2.82/10k
Eunuchus 3 · 2.77/10k
Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Epigrammata 15 · 2.67/10k
Psychomachia 1 · 1.67/10k
Carmina 2 · 1.55/10k
Divus Julius 1 · 1.03/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

† moechus — Lewis & Short

† moechus, i, m., = moixo/s,

I a fornicator, an adulterer: magnus mulierum, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 180; Ter. And. 2, 1, 16; id. Eun. 5, 4, 35; Hor. C. 1, 25, 9; id. S. 2, 7, 13; 72; Juv. 9, 25; 14, 26 et saep.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. moechus (scan p. 433; entry #6981). Root candidates: *modo-.

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