lenocinium
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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).
| Case | 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