Talk:inquilinus

Entry from Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français (1934)

See page 825/3, “inquĭlīnus”:

inquĭlīnus, i, m. (incolo), ¶ 1 locataire: Cic. Phil. 2, 105; Att. 14, 9, 1; Suet. Ner. 44 ‖ [fig.] [injure adressée à Cicéron, comme n’étant pas né à Rome] citoyen de rencontre: Sall. C. 31, 7 ‖ [en parl. d’élèves qui ne profitent pas des leçons du maître] piliers d’écoles: Sen. Ep. 108, 6 ¶ 2 colocataire: Sen Ep. 56, 4; Mart. 1, 87, 12, cf. P. Fest. 107, 1 ¶ 3 habitant: Plin. 21, 73.

(It’s out of copyright, of course.) AFAICT, most of that is covered in the noun section of our entry, with Gaffiot giving as a figurative use of its sense ¶1 that which is defined as an adjective by Lewis & Short. However, the “[en parl. d’élèves qui ne profitent pas des leçons du maître] piliers d’écoles” bit in particular doesn’t make sense to me; can a Francophone shed some light on this one, perchance? — I.S.M.E.T.A. 07:17, 14 July 2014 (UTC)