I.the trade of a pander, pimping, pandering.
I. Lit.: “ait praetor: Qui lenocinium fecerit. Lenocinium facit, qui quaestuaria mancipia habet. Sed et qui in liberis hunc quaestum exercet, in eadem causa est, etc.,” Dig. 3, 2, 4: “quid? ego lenocinium facio?” Plaut. Ep. 4, 2, 11: “uxori meae Mihique objectent lenocinium facere,” id. Merc. 2, 3, 76: “profiteri,” to profess to be a bawd, Suet. Tib. 35: “praebere uxori,” to be a pander to, Dig. 24, 3, 47: “eum qui in adulterio deprehensam uxorem non statim dimiserit, reum lenocinii postulari placuit,” Paul. Sent. 2, 26, 8; Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 4, 12, 4.—
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B. Excessive or artificial ornament, finery or nicety in dress: “corporum lenocinia,” Cic. N. D. 2, 58, 146: “omnis lenocinii negligens,” Suet. Aug. 79: “lenocinium est muneris antecedens metus,” adds a charm to the benefit, Sen. Ben. 1, 11, 3; cf.: “in lenocinio commendationis dolor est,” Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 145.—
2. In partic., of speech, meretricious or nament or allurement (postAug.), Tac. H. 1, 18: “nos quibus sordent omnia, quae natura dictavit: qui non ornamenta quaerimus, sed lenocinia,” Quint. 8 prooem. § 8; cf. id. 12, 1, 30: “caret lenociniis expositio,” id. 4, 2, 118; Suet. Calig. 38.
