lupanar

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

lŭpānar, āris, n. [lupa, II. A.],

a house of ill-repute : qui in lupanari accubat, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 3, 50: deprehensus in lupanari cum alienā uxore, Quint. 7, 3, 6: intrare, Juv. 6, 121: virorum, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 5, 3, 2.—As a term of reproach: O lutum, lupanar, aut si perditius potest quid esse, Cat. 42, 13.

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