lucar

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

lūcar, āris, n. [lucus],

a forest-tax for the support of players : lucar appellatur aes, quod ex lucis captatur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 119 Müll. N. cr.; cf.: lucaris pecunia, quae in luco erat data, ib.: lucar θεατρικὸν ἀργύριον μισθὸς ἀπὸ φίσκου, Gloss. Philox.: lucar vectigal, erogatio quae fiebat in lucis, Gloss. Isid.: de modo lucaris multa decernuntur, Tac. A. 1, 77; cf. Inscr. Orell. 3882: (Johannes) contumeliosā caede truncatur in puellae salticae lucar ( the reward of a dancing-girl ), Tert. adv. Gnost. 8.

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