scortor

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

scortor, āri (old inf. scortarier, Plaut. Merc. 5, 4, 58), v. dep. n. [scortum, II.],

to employ or associate with harlots (ante- and post-class.): scortari est saepius meretriculam ducere, Varr. L. L. 7, § 84 Müll.; Plaut. As. 2, 2, 4; id. Merc. 5, 4, 25; 5, 4, 58; id. Ps. 4, 7, 35; Ter. Heaut. 206; id. Ad. 102; Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 4.

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