aleatorius

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

ālĕātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [aleator],

I pertaining to a gamester : aleatoria damna, in gaming , * Cic. Phil. 2, 27: aleatorium forum calfecimus, gaming-board , August. ap. Suet. Aug. 71: ritu, Gell. 18, 13.

II —Hence, ālĕātōrĭum , ii, n., the place where games of chance are played , a gaming-house , Sid. Ep. 2, 2.

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