(adverb) : mendīcus, a, um
* Adj., beggarly, needy, in want, indigent (class.).
* Lit.: paupertas si malum est, mendicus esse beatus nemo potest,Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; cf.: solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites,id. Mur. 29, 61: mendicior,Tert. de Anim. 33: prandia,Mart. 14, 81.—As subst.: mendīcus, i, m., a beggar, mendicant: mendicum malim mendicando vincere, Quam, etc.,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 16: mendici,i. e. the priests of Cybele,Hor. S. 1, 2, 2.—As a term of abuse, a beggar, ragamuffin, Ter. And. 4, 5, 20.
* Transf., in gen., poor, paltry, mean, sorry, pitiful: instrumentum mendicum,Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92.—Hence, : mendīcē, in a beggarly manner, meanly (post-Aug. and post-class.): non tam mendice tecum agam, sed plenā manu,Sen. Ep. 33, 6.—Comp.: ne mendicius patre coenaret,Tert. Pall. 5.

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