caupōna, ae, f. (upon the form cf. Prisc. p. 684 P.) [caupo].
I A female shopkeeper , huckster , a landlady , hostess (anteand post-class.), Lucil. ap. Prisc. l. l.; Ap. Met. 1, 7, 23 Bip.—
II A retail shop , an inn , tavern (syn. taberna), Cic. Pis. 22, 53; Hor. S. 1, 5, 51; id. Ep. 1, 11, 12; 1, 17, 8; Gell. 7, 11, 4; Plin. 9, 47, 71, § 154: cauponam exercere, to keep an inn , Just. 1, 7, 12.