admissarius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

admissārĭus, a, um, adj. [admitto], sc. equus, asinus, etc.,

I a horse , ass , etc., that is used for breeding , a stallion , etc.: equus, Varr. R. R. 2, 7: asinus, id. ib. 2, 8.—Hence, metaph. subst.,

II Of a sensual, lewd man: scitus admissarius, Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 19: admissarius iste, sic ad illius orationem adhinniit, * Cic. Pis. 28, 69 (cf. adhinnio); Sen. Q. N. 1, 16.

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