prostitution
prostitution
subs.
P. πορνεία, ἡ.
subs.
P. πορνεία, ἡ.
PROSTITUTION
vita meretricia.
vita meretricia.
prostitution:
1. mĕrĕtrīcius quaestus: Cic. Ph. 2, 18, 44: cf. id. Verr. 3, 3, 6, meretricia disciplina (as it were reduced to a system): also quaestus is used absol., Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 52 (of course only where the context defines).
2. mĕrĕtrīcium: only in phr., m. facere, to practise p., Suet. Cal. 40.
3. prostĭtūtio (late and rare): Arn. 2, 16, p. 53 (p. corporum). Phr.: to defray enormous expenses out of the wages of p., ingentes sumptus stupro corporis tolerare, Sall. Cat. 24. (For fig. sense, see verb.)
1. mĕrĕtrīcius quaestus: Cic. Ph. 2, 18, 44: cf. id. Verr. 3, 3, 6, meretricia disciplina (as it were reduced to a system): also quaestus is used absol., Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 52 (of course only where the context defines).
2. mĕrĕtrīcium: only in phr., m. facere, to practise p., Suet. Cal. 40.
3. prostĭtūtio (late and rare): Arn. 2, 16, p. 53 (p. corporum). Phr.: to defray enormous expenses out of the wages of p., ingentes sumptus stupro corporis tolerare, Sall. Cat. 24. (For fig. sense, see verb.)
Prostitution
See meretrix.