adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
dēversōrius
dēversōrius (feminine dēversōria, neuter dēversōrium)
Classical[deː.wɛrˈsoː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[de.verˈsɔː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalinn, lodging house
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Deversorium · Hospitium · Caupona · Taberna · Popina · Ganeum
Deversorium is any house of reception on a journey, whether one’s own property, or that of one’s friends, or of inn-keepers; hospitium, an inn for the reception of strangers; caupona (from καρποῦσθαι?) a tavern kept by a publican. These establishments afford lodging as well as food; whereas tabernæ, popinæ, ganea, only food, like restaurateurs; tabernæ (from trabes?), for the common people, as eating-houses; popinæ (from popa, πέψαι), for gentlefolks and gourmands, like ordinaries; ganea (from ἀγανός?), for voluptuaries. (vi. 101.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēversōrius | dēversōria | dēversōrium |
| genitive | dēversōriī | dēversōriae | dēversōriī |
| dative | dēversōriō | dēversōriae | dēversōriō |
| accusative | dēversōrium | dēversōriam | dēversōrium |
| ablative | dēversōriō | dēversōriā | dēversōriō |
| vocative | dēversōrie | dēversōria | dēversōrium |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dēversōriī | dēversōriae | dēversōria |
| genitive | dēversōriōrum | dēversōriārum | dēversōriōrum |
| dative | dēversōriīs | dēversōriīs | dēversōriīs |
| accusative | dēversōriōs | dēversōriās | dēversōria |
| ablative | dēversōriīs | dēversōriīs | dēversōriīs |
| vocative | dēversōriī | dēversōriae | dēversōria |
dēversōrĭus, a, um (dīver-, Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64; Sen. Ep. 108, 6; Curt. 7, 2, 22), adj. 2. deversor,
I. belonging to an inn or lodging-place, fit to lodge in:
taberna, a lodging-place, lodging, inn, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 81; id. Truc. 3, 2, 29; Suet. Ner. 27. In this sense also subst., dēversōrĭum (old form dēvors-), ii, n. (for syn. cf.: caupona, hospitium, taberna, popina, ganea), Cic. de Sen. 23, 84; id. Fam. 6, 19; id. Att. 4, 12; Liv. 1, 51; 21, 63; Suet. Vit. 7 al.: studiorum, non libidinum, Cic. Phil. 2, 41: officina nequitiae et deversorium flagitiorum omnium, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134.—Also in gen. for taberna: monumentorum bustorumque, Suet. Ner. 38; Vulg. Luc. 2, 7 al.Origins
From dēversor.