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, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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