noun · masculinethird declension
lēnō1
lēnō m (genitive lēnōnis)
Classical[ˈɫeː.noː]Ecclesiastical[ˈlɛː.no]
Meaning
- pimp, procurer
Heus tu, leno, te volo. - Et ego te volo.
Ah there, pimp, I want you! - And I want you.c. 190 BCE, Plautus, Curculio 5.3.5 - seducer
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lēnō lēnunculus | lēnōnēs lēnunculī |
| genitive | lēnōnis lēnunculī | lēnōnum lēnunculōrum |
| dative | lēnōnī lēnunculō | lēnōnibus lēnunculīs |
| accusative | lēnōnem lēnunculum | lēnōnēs lēnunculōs |
| ablative | lēnōne lēnunculō | lēnōnibus lēnunculīs |
| vocative | lēnō lēnuncule | lēnōnēs lēnunculī |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- agere servum, lenonem
- to act the rôle of a slave, pander.
lēno, no
I. perf., ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [2. leno].
I. Neutr., to pimp, pander (poet.): lenandi callidus arte, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 611 Burm.—
II. Act., to procure: filiam suam, Schol. Juv. 6, 233: formosas puellas, Epigr. ap. Salmas. ad Vop. Car. 16: lenatae puellae, Poët. ap. Anth. Lat. T. 2, p. 587.
lēno, ōnis, m. lenio,
I. a pimp, pander, procurer.
I. Lit.:
perjurus leno, Plaut. Capt. prol. 57: leno me peregre militi Macedonico Minis viginti vendidit, id. Ps. 1, 1, 49: importunus, id. Merc. prol. 44: leno sum, fateor, Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 34: improbissimus et perjurissimus leno, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20: insidiosus, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 172: verba facit leno, etc., id. S. 2, 3, 231: cum leno accipiat moechi bona, Juv. 1, 55.—II. Transf.
A. A seducer, allurer:
lenonem quendam Lentuli concursare circum tabernas, Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17: (puella) me lenone placet, i. e. through my intervention, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 10.—B. A go-between, Just. 2, 3, 8.—Adj.: se Narcissus amat captus lenonibus undis, alluring, seductive, Anth. Lat. T. 1, p. 102 Burm.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lēnō ōnis, m
LAG-, a pimp, pander, procurer : leno sum, fateor, T.: improbissimus: Verba facit leno, H.— A seducer, allurer : Lentuli.
Origins
Unknown; likely a foreign word.
Descendants
- Italianlenone
- Spanishlenón