I.a pimp, pander, procurer.
I. Lit.: “perjurus leno,” Plaut. Capt. prol. 57: “leno me peregre militi Macedonico Minis viginti vendidit,” id. Ps. 1, 1, 49: “importunus,” id. Merc. prol. 44: “leno sum, fateor,” Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 34: “improbissimus et perjurissimus leno,” Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20: “insidiosus,” Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172: “verba facit leno, etc.,” id. S. 2, 3, 231: cum leno accipiat moechi bona, Juv. 1, 55.—
II. Transf.
A. A seducer, allurer: “lenonem quendam Lentuli concursare circum tabernas,” Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17: “(puella) me lenone placet,” i. e. through my intervention, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 10.—
B. A go-between, Just. 2, 3, 8.—Adj.: se Narcissus amat captus lenonibus undis, alluring, seductive, Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 102 Burm.