lenocinium
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin lenocinium (“pimping, prostitution”).
Noun
[edit]lenocinium (uncountable)
- (Scots law) A husband's connivance at his wife's adultery.
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]lēnōcinium n (genitive lēnōciniī or lēnōcinī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lēnōcinium | lēnōcinia |
| genitive | lēnōciniī lēnōcinī1 |
lēnōciniōrum |
| dative | lēnōciniō | lēnōciniīs |
| accusative | lēnōcinium | lēnōcinia |
| ablative | lēnōciniō | lēnōciniīs |
| vocative | lēnōcinium | lēnōcinia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
[edit]- “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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016