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valetudinarius

valetudinarius · adj

sickly

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Where it lives

Dialogus de Oratoribus 1 · 1.08/10k
De Ira 1 · 0.45/10k
De Beneficiis 1 · 0.22/10k

What it meant

vălētūdĭnārĭus — Lewis & Short

vălētūdĭnārĭus, a, um, adj.valetudo,

I sickly, infirm, weak, valetudinary (not in Cic.).

I Adj.: pecus (opp. sanum), Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 15: fenerator, Sen. Ira, 3, 33, 2.—

II Substt.

A vălētūdĭnā-rĭus, ii, m., one in infirm health, an invalid, valetudinarian: ebrioso vina mittere aut valetudinario medicamenta, Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 6; Dig. 49, 16, 12, § 2; 27, 1, 41. —

B vălētūdĭnārĭum, ii, n.

1 A sick-room, hospital, infirmary, Cels. praef.; Sen. Ep. 27, 1; id. Ira, 1, 16, 3; 2, 16, 4; id. Q. N. 1, praef. 5 fin.; Tac. Or. 21; Col. 11, 1, 18; 12, 3, 8.—

2 A military lazar - house or hospital, Veg. Mil. 2, 10; 3, 2; Dig. 50, 6, 6.

In the wild

valetudinario Seneca, De Beneficiis 1.11.6
valetudinarius Seneca, De Ira 3.33.3
valetudinario Tacitus, Dialogus de Oratoribus 21.1

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