mĕrētrix (noun F) : (
* Gen. plur. meretricium, Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 22: meretricum,id. Ep. 2, 2, 29; Ov. A. A. 1, 435), f. mereo; she who earns moncy; hence, a prostitute, harlot, courtesan: ita sunt hic meretrices omnes elecebrae argentariae,Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 26: meretricem indigne deperit,id. Bacch. 3, 3, 66: proterva meretrix procaxque, Cic Cael. 20, 49: meretrix inter multos se dividit,Sen. Ben. 1, 14, 4: stat meretrix certo cuivis mercabilis aere,Ov. Am. 1, 10, 21: Augusta, i. e. Messalina,Juv. 6, 118: regina, i. e. Cleopatra,Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 119: Manilia,Gell. 4, 14, 3.

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