lenocinium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lenocinium (“pimping, prostitution”)

Noun

lenocinium (uncountable)

  1. (Scotland, law) A husband's connivance at his wife's adultery.

Latin

Etymology

From lēnō (“pimp, seducer”).

Noun

lēnōcinium n (genitive lēnōciniī); second declension

  1. pandering, pimping, prostitution
  2. allurement, enticement
  3. flattery

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative lēnōcinium lēnōcinia
genitive lēnōciniī lēnōciniōrum
dative lēnōciniō lēnōciniīs
accusative lēnōcinium lēnōcinia
ablative lēnōciniō lēnōciniīs
vocative lēnōcinium lēnōcinia

References

  • lenocinium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lenocinium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lenocinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • lenocinium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lenocinium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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