Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, L , lēmōnĭum , lēna

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I. Lit.: “lenas eas dicimus, quae mulieres quaestuarias prostituunt. Lenam accipiemus et eam, quae alterius nomine hoc vitae genus exercet,” Dig. 23, 2, 43: “omnes sunt lenae levifidae,” Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 61; id. Truc. 2, 1, 14; id. As. 1, 3, 23: “callida,” Tib. 1, 6, 11 (5, 48): “improba,” Ov. Am. 1, 15, 17.— In apposition: “lena anus,” an old go-between, Ov. Am. 3, 5, 40: “Isiaca,” i. e. Isis, Juv. 6, 489: “ingenui prohibentur ducere ... et lenam et a lenone lenave manumissam,” Ulp. Fragm. 13, 2.—

II. Transf., she that entices, allures, seduces; a female enticer, a seductress: “non vides, quam blanda conciliatrix, et quasi sui sit lena natura?” Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 77: “pro facie multis vox sua lena fuit,” Ov. A. A. 3, 316: pictura lena, Claud. Nupt. Honor. et Mar. 24.

A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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