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mendīcus , a, um,
I.adj., beggarly, needy, in want, indigent (class.).
I. Lit.: “paupertas si malum est, mendicus esse beatus nemo potest,Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84; cf.: “solos sapientes esse, si mendicissimi (sint), divites,id. Mur. 29, 61: “mendicior,Tert. de Anim. 33: “prandia,Mart. 14, 81.—As subst.: mendīcus , i, m., a beggar, mendicant: “mendicum malim mendicando vincere, Quam, etc.,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 4, 16: “mendici,” i. e. the priests of Cybele, Hor. S. 1, 2, 2.—As a term of abuse, a beggar, ragamuffin, Ter. And. 4, 5, 20.—
II. Transf., in gen., poor, paltry, mean, sorry, pitiful: “instrumentum mendicum,Cic. de Or. 3, 24, 92.—Hence, adv.: mendīcē , in a beggarly manner, meanly (post-Aug. and post-class.): “non tam mendice tecum agam, sed plenā manu,Sen. Ep. 33, 6.—Comp.: “ne mendicius patre coenaret,Tert. Pall. 5.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Cicero, For Lucius Murena, 29.61
    • Horace, Satires, 1.2.2
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 3.4
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.24
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.28
    • Seneca, Epistulae, 33.6
    • Martial, Epigrammata, 14.81
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