pelicatus

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

pēlĭcātus (pelli-, paeli-), ūs, m. [paelex],

the cohabiting with a kept mistress , concubinage : ab ea est propter pelicatus suspitionem interfectus, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25: Arinis uxorem pelicatus dolore concitatam, id. Scaur. 6, 9, B. and K. (Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 689 P.): matris, id. Clu. 5, 13; Just. 7, 4, 7; Vulg. Lev. 18, 18.

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