The corpus record — Latin

vilicus

vilicus · adj

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Where it lives

Casina 18 · 23.18/10k
De agri cultura 10 · 6.39/10k
Poenulus 7 · 6.35/10k
Epistulae 3 · 3.03/10k
Pro M. Tullio 1 · 2.91/10k
Epigrammata 16 · 2.84/10k
Pro L. Flacco 3 · 2.75/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 21 · 2.67/10k
Epistularum 2 · 2.2/10k
Pro A. Caecina 2 · 1.93/10k
De Republica 4 · 1.83/10k
Pro Cn. Plancio 2 · 1.72/10k

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

What it meant

vīlĭcus — Lewis & Short

vīlĭcus (less correctly villĭcus), a, um, adj.villa,

I of or belonging to a countryhouse or villa (very rare): nomina lini, Aus. Ep. 4, 56.—As substt.

A vīlĭcus, i, m. (sc. homo).

1 An overseer of a farm or estate, a steward, bailiff; absol., Cato, R. R. 5, 1 sq.; 5, 142; id. ap. Col. 11, 1, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119; id. Rep. 5, 3, 5; 1, 38, 59; 1, 39, 61; Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 15.—With gen.: vilice silvarum et mihi me reddentis agelli, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 1: vilicus Orbi, id. ib. 2, 2, 160.—

2 Transf., an overseer, superintendent, director: Pegasus attonitae positus modo vilicus urbi, Juv. 4, 77: vilici (sc. aquaeductum), Front. Aquaed. 117: malum vilicum esse imperatorem, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 15.—With gen.: aerarii, Auct. Priap. 82, 1: AMPHITHEATRI, Inscr. Fabr. 5, n. 3.—With ab: A PLVMBO, Inscr. Orell. 2859: AB ALIMENTIS, Inscr. Grut. 1033, 9.—

B vīlĭca, ae, f. (sc. mulier), a female overseer; the wife of an overseer, Cato, R. R. 143, 1; Col. 12, praef. 8; Mart. 1, 56, 11; Juv. 11, 69; Cat. 61, 136.

In the wild

vilicus Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1.8.16
vilicum Plautus, Casina prologue.pr
vilicum Plautus, Poenulus 1.3
vilico Cicero, Pro L. Flacco 88
vilicus Juvenal, Saturae 1.3.195
vilicos Cicero, Pro A. Cluentio 161

6 of 130 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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