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mendico

mendico, to beg, ask alms

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mendicant Verb: present active indicative 3rd plural of mendico

See mendicant in Morpho

mendico, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a., and mendīcor, ātus sum (archaic inf. mendicarier, Plaut. Capt. prol. 13), 1, v. dep. [mendicus],
  • to beg, ask for alms, go a-begging; to beg for something, solicit, obtain by begging; constr. absol. and with acc. (poet. and post-class.): mendicantem vivere, to live by begging. Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 73 (323): quando histrionem cogis mendicarier, id. ib. prol. 13; mendicum malim mendicando vincere, id. ib. 3, 4, 16 (548).—Act.: a me mendicas malum, Plaut. Am. 4, 2, 12 (1032): aliquid mendicare, Ap. Apol. p. 287, 1.—Poet.: ejectis mendicat silva Camenis, i.e. is full of beggars, Juv. 3, 16.—Part. in pass. sense: mendicatus victa Karthagine panis, Juv. 10, 277.

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