deversorius

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

dēversōrĭus, a, um (dīver-, Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64; Sen. Ep. 108, 6; Curt. 7, 2, 22), adj. [2. deversor],

belonging to an inn or lodging-place, fit to lodge in : taberna, a lodging-place, lodging, inn , Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 81; id. Truc. 3, 2, 29; Suet. Ner. 27. In this sense also subst., dēversōrĭum (old form dēvors- ), ii, n. (for syn. cf.: caupona, hospitium, taberna, popina, ganea), Cic. de Sen. 23, 84; id. Fam. 6, 19; id. Att. 4, 12; Liv. 1, 51; 21, 63; Suet. Vit. 7 al.: studiorum, non libidinum, Cic. Phil. 2, 41: officina nequitiae et deversorium flagitiorum omnium, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134.—Also in gen. for taberna: monumentorum bustorumque, Suet. Ner. 38; Vulg. Luc. 2, 7 al.