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gānĕa , ae, f., and gānĕum , i, n. for gas-nea, kindr. to Sanscr ghas, to eat, qs. locus edendi,
I.an eating-house, cook-shop, ordinary; also in bad repute as the abode of prostitutes.
(α). Form ganea: “paulisper stetimus in illo ganearum tuarum nidore atque fumo,” Cic. Pis. 6, 13: “libido stupri, ganeae ceterique cultus non minor incesserat,” Sall. C. 13, 3: “in ganea lustrisque senectutem acturum,” Liv. 26, 2, 15; Plin. 8, 51, 77, § 209; Plin. Pan. 49, 6: “ventris et ganeae paratus,” Tac. A. 3, 52: “sumptu ganeaque satiare inexplebiles Vitellii libidines,” by prodigal feasts, id. H. 2, 95; Suet. Calig. 11; Gell. 9, 2, 6 al.—
(β). Form ganeum (ante-class.): “immersit aliquo sese, credo, in ganeum,” Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 3; id. As. 5, 2, 37; Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 5; Varr. ap. Non. 208, 15; Prud. Psych. 343.
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 (9):
    • Cicero, Against Piso, 6.13
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.52
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.95
    • Plautus, Asinaria, 5.2
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 5.1
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 13
    • Suetonius, Caligula, 11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 26, 2.15
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 9.2.6
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