(adj.Adj.adv.) : mĕrētrīcĭus, a, um, adj.meretrix
* Of or pertaining to harlots or prostitutes, meretricious.
* Adj. (class.): meretricia ornamenta,Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 63: quaestus,Cic. Phil. 2, 18, 44: disciplina,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 3, § 6: domus,a courtesan's house,Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 18: amores,Cic. Cael. 20, 48.
* Subst.: mĕrētrīcĭum, ii, n.
* The art of a courtesan: inmutari blandimentis, hortamentis, ceteris meretriciis,Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 63.
* The trade of a harlot: meretricium facere,Suet. Calig. 40.—Hence, adv.: mĕrētrīcĭē, after the manner of harlots, meretriciously (ante-class.): digne ornata, haud meretricie,Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 58.

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