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Lewis Short
(verb) : lēno, no
* Perf., ātum, 1, and a. [2. leno].
* Neutr., to pimp, pander (poet.): lenandi callidus arte, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 611 Burm.
* Act., to procure: filiam suam, Schol. Juv. 6, 233: formosas puellas, Epigr. ap. Salmas. ad Vop. Car. 16: lenatae puellae, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 2, p. 587.
* Perf., ātum, 1, and a. [2. leno].
* Neutr., to pimp, pander (poet.): lenandi callidus arte, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 611 Burm.
* Act., to procure: filiam suam, Schol. Juv. 6, 233: formosas puellas, Epigr. ap. Salmas. ad Vop. Car. 16: lenatae puellae, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 2, p. 587.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
Lewis Short
lēno (noun M) : lenio
* A pimp, pander, procurer.
* Lit.: perjurus leno,Plaut. Capt. prol. 57: leno me peregre militi Macedonico Minis viginti vendidit,id. Ps. 1, 1, 49: importunus,id. Merc. prol. 44: leno sum, fateor,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 34: improbissimus et perjurissimus leno,Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20: insidiosus,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172: verba facit leno, etc.,id. S. 2, 3, 231: cum leno accipiat moechi bona, Juv. 1, 55.
* Transf.
* A seducer, allurer: lenonem quendam Lentuli concursare circum tabernas,Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17: (puella) me lenone placet,i. e. through my intervention,Ov. Am. 3, 12, 10.
* A go-between, Just. 2, 3, 8.—Adj.: se Narcissus amat captus lenonibus undis, alluring, seductive, Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 102 Burm.
* A pimp, pander, procurer.
* Lit.: perjurus leno,Plaut. Capt. prol. 57: leno me peregre militi Macedonico Minis viginti vendidit,id. Ps. 1, 1, 49: importunus,id. Merc. prol. 44: leno sum, fateor,Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 34: improbissimus et perjurissimus leno,Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20: insidiosus,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172: verba facit leno, etc.,id. S. 2, 3, 231: cum leno accipiat moechi bona, Juv. 1, 55.
* Transf.
* A seducer, allurer: lenonem quendam Lentuli concursare circum tabernas,Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17: (puella) me lenone placet,i. e. through my intervention,Ov. Am. 3, 12, 10.
* A go-between, Just. 2, 3, 8.—Adj.: se Narcissus amat captus lenonibus undis, alluring, seductive, Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 102 Burm.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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