adjective
ălĭcārĭus
Meaning
- pertaining to spelt
ălĭcārĭus, a, um, adj. alica,
I. of or pertaining to spelt; hence, ălĭcārĭus, i, m., one who grinds spelt: nemo est alicarius posterior te, Lucil. ap. Charis. p. 75 P.; and ălĭcārĭa, ae, f., a prostitute (as frequenting the place of the spelt-mills):
alicariae meretrices appellabantur in Campaniā (where the best spelt-grits were prepared, Plin. 18, 11, 29, § 109), Paul. ex Fest. p. 7 Müll.: pistorum amicas, reliquas alicarias, * Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 54.