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dēversōrĭus , a, um (dīver- , Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64; Sen. Ep. 108, 6; Curt. 7, 2, 22), adj. 2. deversor,
I.belonging to an inn or lodging-place, fit to lodge in: “taberna,” a lodging-place, lodging, inn, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 81; id. Truc. 3, 2, 29; Suet. Ner. 27. In this sense also subst., dēversōrĭum (old form dēvors- ), ii, n. (for syn. cf.: “caupona, hospitium, taberna, popina, ganea),” Cic. de Sen. 23, 84; id. Fam. 6, 19; id. Att. 4, 12; Liv. 1, 51; 21, 63; Suet. Vit. 7 al.: “studiorum, non libidinum,” Cic. Phil. 2, 41: “officina nequitiae et deversorium flagitiorum omnium,” id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134.—Also in gen. for taberna: “monumentorum bustorumque,” Suet. Ner. 38; Vulg. Luc. 2, 7 al.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (14):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 6.19
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 4.12
    • New Testament, Luke, 2.7
    • Cicero, For Sextus Roscius of Ameria, 46.134
    • Cicero, Philippics, 2.41
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 2.3
    • Plautus, Truculentus, 3.2
    • Suetonius, Nero, 38
    • Suetonius, Vitellius, 7
    • Suetonius, Nero, 27
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 51
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 21, 63
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 108.6
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 7.2.22
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