lenocinium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lenocinium (“pimping, prostitution”).

Noun

lenocinium (uncountable)

1. (Scots law) A husband's connivance at his wife's adultery.

Latin

Etymology

From lēnōcinor +‎ -ium.

Noun

lēnōcinium n (genitive lēnōciniī or lēnōcinī); second declension

1. pandering, pimping, prostitution
2. allurement, enticement
3. flattery

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lēnōcinium	lēnōcinia
Genitive	lēnōciniī lēnōcinī1	lēnōciniōrum
Dative	lēnōciniō	lēnōciniīs
Accusative	lēnōcinium	lēnōcinia
Ablative	lēnōciniō	lēnōciniīs
Vocative	lēnōcinium	lēnōcinia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• “lenocinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “lenocinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lenocinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “lenocinium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lenocinium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016